A Remarkable New Thruster Could Achieve Escape Velocity—and Interplanetary Travel
Ion thrusters are the most common primary engine powering satellites through orbital maneuvers today. But to travel from ...
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Experiment validates electric ion thruster simulations
More information: Huy D. Tran et al, Carbon Transport in Electric Propulsion Testing – I: Multiscale Computations for Carbon Sputtering by Low Energy Ion Bombardment, AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (2024).
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Upgraded Plasma Thruster Is Smaller, More Powerful
When [Jay Bowles] demoed his first-generation ion thruster on Plasma Channel, the resulting video picked up millions of views and got hobbyists and professionals alike talking. While ionic lifters ...