[amsat-bb] Re: The Goce Satellite Ion Engine

[Tim Tuck]

Bill Ress wrote:
> Following up on David's (G0MRF) post about the ion engine, the ESA Goce 
> satellite mission, due to launch next week, uses a nifty ion engine 
> which you can see at:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7935621.stm
>   
As the article says, "this is a beautiful satellite" !

I notice that it has an S band downlink, It would be interesting to see 
if we could hear it.

The ion engine is just way cool.

regards

Tim

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