BETs

BETs is a research project funded by the European Commission FP7 aimed at developing an innovative technology for LEO Satellites deorbiting based in Electrodynamic tethers.

BETs encompasses an multinational excellence team to approach Electrodynamic tether propulsion technology in a unique multidisciplinary fashion covering topics like materials science, plasma physics, orbit dynamics, mechanics, electric driving control, etc. which will bridge the gap between concept and real Space applications.

• Tuesday, 18th of October - 2011 BETs at IAC 2011 The BETs project was highlighted at the 62nd edition of the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) at Cape Town from October 3rd to 7th. The BETs coordinator, Prof. Juán Ramón Sanmartín, presented the current achievements in a presentation titled "Propellantless deorbiting o
• Saturday, 24th of September - 2011 UARS crashed today NASA's abandoned 6-ton UARS Satellite probably crashed in the northern Pacific Ocean, NASA said today, though it conceded it did not know precisely where any remains may have come down. It said it did not believe anyone on the ground was injured.   "We don't know where the re-entry point ex
• Thursday, 22nd of September - 2011 Falling NASA Satellite Finally, the NASA spacecraft named UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) will crash out of control tomorrow, with a little risk of debris impact in populated areas, though the predictions are still vague. As the last NASA update states : As of 1:30 p.m. EDT Sept. 21, 2011, the orbit of UARS w