Japanese comsat having trouble with ion thrusters
TOKYO Japan’s geostationary Engineering Test Satellite (ETS) is having problems with two of its four ion engine thrusters. ETS-VIII, launched Dec. 18, 2006, has two tennis court-sized antenna reflectors to enable direct voice and data communications with handheld terminals on the ground. The...
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