Iodine powers low-cost engines for satellites

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.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature (London) 2021-11, Vol.599 (7885), p.373-374
Hauptverfasser:	Levchenko, Igor, Bazaka, Kateryna
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
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
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0028-0836 1476-4687
DOI:	10.1038/d41586-021-03384-8