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Novel ceramic thruster verified in orbit

Submit on Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 22:55

The Venus Climate Orbiter “Akatsuki,” which was launched on 20 May 2010 (UTC), turned on its 500-N orbital manoeuvring engine (OME) on 28 June at a distance of 14.6 million km from the Earth.
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