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NASA’s new Hall-effect thruster could unlock small spacecraft revolution
A Hall-effect thruster is a type of ion thruster that ... the US space agency explained on its website. Scientists at NASA’s ...
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Ion Thrusters: Not Just For TIE Fighters Anymore
A more recent application of the technology is on the Chinese Tiangong space station, which uses four Hall Effect thrusters to maintain its orbit over time. NASA also hopes to fly the technology ...
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Miles Space flight tests water-fueled thruster
And Hall-effect thrusters can provide similar force at a lower specific impulse but may need hundreds of times the power. “This enables some high Delta V missions to be performed that wouldn ...