The PPE is to launch with enough propellant to serve a 15 year mission, as Gateway’s design life is 15 years. But Maxar plans on using orbital refuelling to extend the Gateway’s lifespan.

LOS ANGELES — NASA has selected Maxar Technologies to develop the first element of its lunar Gateway, the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), for launch in late 2022. In a speech May 23 at the ...

Maxar’s PPE is the foundational element of the Gateway, providing power, maneuvering, attitude control and communications systems for the lunar orbiting outpost. Gateway is a cornerstone of NASA ...

during which time the spacecraft would be owned and operated by Maxar. After a successful demonstration, NASA would then have the option to acquire the PPE for use as the Gateway’s first element ...

Maxar's proposal to develop the Power ... Technologies for the first element of the lunar Gateway, the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE). A source selection statement released by NASA May 23 ...

How can humanity use the developing Lunar Gateway as an appropriate starting point for advancing human space exploration ...

In one way or another, the Lunar Gateway has lingered around ... then get delivered to Maxar, like I said, for integration into PPE. So, that work is already in progress. [The Power and Propulsion ...

The PPE is being built by Maxar Technologies under a contract awarded ... high-rate communications between the lunar surface, the Gateway, and Earth. The PPE will launch into space on board ...

The Lunar Gateway Could be Our First Line of ... the aforementioned Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) is being assembled at Maxar Space Systems in California. The PPE is a vast solar electric ...

For Gateway, these components are referred to as the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and the Habitation ... control and orbital transfers. In 2019, Maxar Technologies of Colorado signed a ...

The Trump administration's budget proposal calls for the number of full-time employees at NASA Glenn to be reduced from ...

The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) of Gateway – which is planned as NASA’s orbiting ... Nasa is highlighting the progress of the system, which is being manufactured by Maxar Technologies. Not only ...