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The largest funding amount of £499,000 will go to the project 'Preparing to launch an Americium Radioisotope Stirling Generator,' jointly pursued by the University of Leicester and NASA Glenn Research Center.
Early in-orbit operations and telemetry from the Xantus system will validate thrust across several power levels and other capabilities that were previously tested at NASA Glenn Research Center and Benchmark’s R&D facility in Pleasanton, California.