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Entrepreneurship
25.01.21
2001, A New Space Odyssey and entrepreneurship at l’X
The European Commission, under the impetus of the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, has identified space entrepreneurship...
Research
14.10.20
A sponsorship to promote academic activites in the space field
Thales Alenia Space and ArianeGroup inaugurate with the École polytechnique the « Espace: Sciences et Défis du Spatial » academic sponsorship program...
Entrepreneurship
06.10.20
ThrustMe announces its first contract with the European Space Agency
ThrustMe has been awarded a contract from the European Space Agency to demonstrate the world’s first iodine electric propulsion system in space...
Research
01.07.20
Understanding plasma thrusters instabilities
Xenon plasma, gas mixture consisting of electrons, ions and atoms, is of real interest for space propulsion. By ejecting gas at a speed ten times...
Research
10.02.20
Launch of the Solar Orbiter satellite
The Solar Orbiter satellite, before its integration into the Atlas V rocket. Credit: ESA The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter mission took off...