Space Propulsion Test Facility Passed from ESA to UK Owner
The UK’s new National Space Propulsion Test Facility has been declared open, and has been transferred to its permanent owner. ESA oversaw the design, assembly and commissioning of the facility – equipped to test-fire the most powerful classes of rocket engines used aboard spacecraft.
“The new facility’s thruster test cell can perform test-firings of the …
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