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GenCorp And Russian Firm Partner On Spacecraft Thrusters

Gally Articola

Monday, July 1st, 2013

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GenCorp [GY] said its Aerojet Rocketdyne division and the Russian space propulsion firm Experimental Design Bureau Fakel have extended a teaming agreement that provides Aerojet Rocketdyne with the right to market and sell Fakel’s low-power Hall thrusters to provide it with more comprehensive electric propulsion solutions for in-space systems. Aerojet Rocketdyne currently provides high-power Hall systems. The agreement “will enable us to cover the full power spectrum needs of our customers,” Roger Myers, Aerojet Rocketdyne’s executive director of Systems and Technology Development,…

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