Update: Life of Satmex 5 shortened by XIPS failure
Submit on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 05:58
According to an earlier filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the problems with Satmex 5’s xenon ion propulsion system (XIPS) started in June 2005.
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