Sentence examples for electric propulsion technology from inspiring English sources
Nasa hopes to have the plane, called Sceptor (scalable convergent electric propulsion technology), flying by 2019.
Mr. Rimac said he competed last month in an 800-kilometer "e-miglia" race in the Italian Alps for electric vehicles; he drove an older-model BMW E30 that he converted to run on some of the same electric propulsion technologies he developed for the Concept One.
Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems (HEPS) have emerged as a promising area of research in aerospace engineering as they combine the complementary advantages of internal combustion and electric propulsion technologies while limiting the environmental emissions.
We describe how availability of new solar electric propulsion (SEP) technology can substantially increase the science capability of space astronomy missions working within the near-UV to far-infrared (UVOIR) spectrum by making dark sky orbits accessible for the first time.
Companies like Accion and Busek have worked to solve that problem by miniaturizing electric ion propulsion technology.
Nasa is studying hybrid electric propulsion, but the technology is decades away from being feasible for passenger flights.
"It is feasible to take Galileo satellites up with electric propulsion, if the technology is available and mature enough," commented OHB's Ingo Engeln.
Also known as radioisotope electric propulsion (REP), the technology offers the performance advantages of traditional reactor-powered electric propulsion (i.e., high specific impulse propulsion at large distances from the Sun), but with much smaller, affordable spacecraft.
Inside is futuristic technology: electric propulsion, lightweight natural materials and a better touch-screen interface.
DS1 is now in its extended mission, with plans to take advantage of the advanced technologies, including solar electric propulsion, to conduct an encounter with comet 19P/Borrelly in September 2001.
Each spacecraft carries lasers and free-flying proof masses and is kept on a purely inertial orbit by drag-free technology using field emission electric propulsion.
