Testing orbital space and satellite propulsion systems in a vacuum Space propulsion systems up to 600 newtons Apogee thrusters up to 400 newtons The P1.0 test stand can be divided into three areas.

On July 9th, 1962, humanity lit up the heavens in a way never seen before. Starfish Prime, a high-altitude nuclear test, became one of the most ambitious—and controversial—experiments of the ...

On July 9, 1962, the U.S. conducted one of its last high-altitude tests of a nuclear weapon on Johnston atoll in the ... we would see of this test, one newspaper headline read, “N—Blast Tonight May Be ...

A: A high-altitude nuclear explosion is a nuclear detonation ... testing , and develop innovative EM test equipment, EMP hardened equipment and facility designs , low cost, easy-to-install ...

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has achieved real-time ...

The task of an high-altitude simulation test facility is to provide this ambient pressure of around 2 millibars for the ignition of the engine and to maintain it even when the engine is running.

A team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, joined by university students, recently traveled to The ...

RAND evaluated how nuclear explosions in space and near-space environments could affect non-military satellites. The emphasis was on low-Earth orbit (LEO; an altitude of ≤1,200 ... the prolonged ...

ARA will highlight its advances in high-altitude nuclear effects at the 40th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs April 7-10. ARA has extensive experience supporting numerous government programs ...