The electric propulsion system has been widely used in geostationary satellites for the special advantages. The localized plasma flow generated by the ion thrusters has to be evaluated, which could ...

In this work, single-light-actuated dual-mode propulsion at the liquid/air interface is realized by using flexible, superhydrophobic, and thermostable photothermal paper made from flexible ultralong ...

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UK start-up Magdrive will launch a metal-fuelled plasma thruster into space for its first test.

A 2-D radial-axial (r-z) hybrid fluid/particle-in-cell (PIC) model has been developed to model energetic particle-induced channel-wall erosion in coaxial Hall discharge plasma thrusters. The discharge ...