India Plans Electric Propulsion For Satellites

NEW DELHI – India is planning to deploy electric propulsion technology to power satellites that will allow them to carry more transponders by saving weight on chemical propellants. “With electric propulsion, we can add more transponders into space on our own,” says A.S. Kiran Kumar, chairman of the...

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