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A test involving a highly controversial propellantless propulsion system called the quantum drive has failed because the satellite it was aboard fell silent, The Debrief reports.
In a press release, Rogue Space Systems explained that its Barry 1 cubesat, ferried to orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, was plagued with ongoing power-system issues.
A test with the quantum drive, developed by IVO limited, was supposed to demonstrate whether the engine could alter the orbit of the satellite. But for some reason, after over two months in orbit, the test was never initiated, and contact with the satellite was lost on February 9 — an unceremonious end for a demo that was supposedly going to upend the laws of physics.
"Rogue's Barry-1 satellite didn't make it all the way through LEOP (Launch and Early Orbit Phase)," IVO founder and President Richard Mansell told The Debrief. "Sadly, we never even got to turn on the Drives!"
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In a press release, Rogue Space Systems explained that its Barry 1 cubesat, ferried to orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, was plagued with ongoing power-system issues.
A test with the quantum drive, developed by IVO limited, was supposed to demonstrate whether the engine could alter the orbit of the satellite. But for some reason, after over two months in orbit, the test was never initiated, and contact with the satellite was lost on February 9 — an unceremonious end for a demo that was supposedly going to upend the laws of physics.
"Rogue's Barry-1 satellite didn't make it all the way through LEOP (Launch and Early Orbit Phase)," IVO founder and President Richard Mansell told The Debrief. "Sadly, we never even got to turn on the Drives!"
Contact Lost With Spacecraft Carrying Experimental Quantum Drive
The test involved IVO's quantum drive, a reactionless drive that supposedly doesn't need propellant to generate thrust
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