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QinetiQ Solar Electric Propulsion Drive for European Mission to Mercury

 
QinetiQ today announced that it has signed a £23m contract with EADS Astrium for the supply of the solar-electric propulsion system for European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) BepiColombo spacecraft mission to the planet Mercury.
 
Prof. David Southwood, ESA’s Director of Science and Robotic Exploration said,
 
 

“Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun, making it hard to get [...]