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 ...

Electromagnetic ion thrusters generate their thrust from neutral plasma, ostensibly consisting of equal numbers of positive ions and negative electrons, and are often referred to as “plasma ...

And, by some measures, it outperformed a xenon-based thruster by 50 percent. Space-based demo Working hardware was flown on a 12-unit cubesat weighing about 20 kilograms called Beihangkongshi-1.

A team of researchers has come up with plasma beam that can push space debris out of orbit. Mounted on a satellite, the two-way facing beam is produced by a bespoke ion thruster that uses its ...

But enough ion thruster nerdotry ... If they like what they see, higher-powered plasma thrusters may have a permanent place on long spaceflights. Rian Stockbower. Rian Stockbower.

Improved ion thruster. October 14, 2017 August 20, 2017 by Brian Wang. Researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China have created a new inlet design for Cylindrical shaped Hall ...

Ion thrusters will help make space travel more efficient compared to rocket fuel, said Richard Wirz, ... plasma-containing compartment and grids – of the thruster together.

Improving the performance of electrodeless plasma thrusters for space propulsion. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 11 / 221111103033.htm ...

While R&D of the electric propulsion for CubeSats currently involves multiple technologies including pulsed plasma thruster (PPT), miniature Xenon ion thruster, electrospray, and vacuum arc thruster ...

Ionic propulsion is typically pretty weak. ... YouTuber Builds Wild-Looking Ion Thruster With No Moving Parts, ... as Jay Bowles—the YouTuber behind the Plasma Channel—shows what they can do.

Plasma thrusters used on satellites could be much more powerful. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 01 / 230124192623.htm ...

A Tohoku University researcher has increased the performance of a high-power electrodeless plasma thruster, moving us one step closer to deeper explorations into space. Close Newsletter Sign Ups ...