Nature (London), 2021-11, Vol.599 (7885), p.373-374
2021
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Iodine powers low-cost engines for satellites
- Ist Teil von
- Nature (London), 2021-11, Vol.599 (7885), p.373-374
- Ort / Verlag
- London: Nature Publishing Group UK
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2021
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Solid iodine transforms directly into gas when heated — a property that has been used to create cheap, compact engines that could make large networks of small satellites commercially viable. Cheap propulsion engine performs well in space.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0028-0836eISSN: 1476-4687DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-03384-8Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2599074839
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- 639/166, 639/33/525, Aeronautical laboratories, Aerospace engineering, Aerospace engines, Artificial satellites, Collision avoidance, Cost control, Crystals, Design and construction, Energy, Engines, Humanities and Social Sciences, Iodides, Iodine, multidisciplinary, News And Views, Physics, Plasma, Properties, Radio frequency, Reusable rocket engines, Rockets, Satellites, Science, Solar electric propulsion, Solar energy, Sublimation