Acting as a “propulsion jet pack,” the MEP will act as an ion-powered symbiote that extends the larger satellite’s mission by ...

When a xenon atom is hit, it loses one of its negatively charged electrons and turns into a positively charged ion. The magnetic field then accelerates the xenon ions out of the propulsion jet. The ...

When [Jay Bowles] demoed his first-generation ion thruster on Plasma ... this robust multi-stage thruster looked (and sounded) more like a miniature jet engine than anything that had come before ...

Of all the emerging forms of aviation propulsion ... and a lithium-ion battery. If Sirius is successful, it would be a breakthrough-the first purpose-built, hydrogen-electric jet that is not ...

The AEPS is a solar electric propulsion system that uses xenon as its propellant, much like existing ion engines. Where it differs is in the power output, which should allow it to work as the ...