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Space Propulsion Test Facility Passed from ESA to UK Owner

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Tom Patton
Jun 28, 2021
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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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