propulsion, a Hall-effect thruster (HET) is a type of ion thruster in which the propellant is accelerated by an electric field. Hall-effect thrusters (based...
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A Hall effect sensor (also known as a Hall sensor or Hall probe) is any sensor incorporating one or more Hall elements, each of which produces a voltage...
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with ion thrusters that had been attached to the exterior of the spacecraft. An alternate form of electric propulsion, the Hall-effect thruster, was studied...
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electrically Hall-effect thruster, a type of ion thruster Pulsed inductive thruster, a pulsed form of ion thruster Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster, electric...
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The gridded ion thruster is a common design for ion thrusters, a highly efficient low-thrust spacecraft propulsion method running on electrical power...
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ponderomotive force Electrostatic ion thruster, using high-voltage electrodes Hall effect thruster, a type of ion thruster Ion thruster, using beams of ions accelerated...
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a thruster efficiency of 61.99% in 2019, corresponding to a specific impulse of Isp = 4665 s and 2.75 N of thrust. Hall effect thruster Ion thruster Magnetohydrodynamics...
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ion thruster powered by 22 m2 of solar arrays generating ~3.5 kW. Spaceflight portal Electrically powered spacecraft propulsion Hall effect thruster, a...
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Plasma propulsion engine (redirect from Plasma thruster)
Hall-effect thruster aboard the Tacsat-2 satellite. The thruster was the satellite's main propulsion system. The company launched another Hall-effect...
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Atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion (redirect from Air-breathing ion thruster)
Co. Inc. in the U.S. patented their concept of an Air Breathing Hall Effect Thruster (ABHET) in 2004, and with funding from the NASA Institute for Advanced...
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Reactionless drive (redirect from Oscillation thruster)
proposed, like the Mach effect, the quantum vacuum plasma thruster or various hypotheses associated with resonant cavity thrusters. Because there is no well-defined...
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with current and Hall-voltage connections" Understanding and Applying the Hall Effect Hall Effect Thrusters Alta Space Hall effect calculators Interactive...
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A colloid thruster (or "electrospray thruster") is a type of low thrust electric propulsion rocket engine that uses electrostatic acceleration of charged...
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A cold gas thruster (or a cold gas propulsion system) is a type of rocket engine which uses the expansion of a (typically inert) pressurized gas to generate...
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PPTs as opposed to other forms of electric propulsion such as Hall-effect ion thrusters. On July 11, 2024 Howe Industries announced that it had contracted...
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A pulsed inductive thruster (PIT) is a form of ion thruster, used in spacecraft propulsion. It is a plasma propulsion engine using perpendicular electric...
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SPT-140 is a solar-powered Hall-effect ion thruster, part of the SPT-family of thrusters. SPT stands for Stationary Plasma Thruster. Like other members of...
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Starlink (redirect from Krypton Hall Thruster)
satellites' brightness during operation. The satellites are equipped with Hall-effect thrusters allowing them to raise their orbit, station-keep, and de-orbit at...
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although a few have used electric propulsion such as ion thrusters and Hall-effect thrusters. Various technologies need to support everything from small...
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Bussard ramjet (redirect from Caplan Thruster)
Electrostatic Colloid thruster Ion thruster Gridded Hall-effect thruster Field-emission electric propulsion Electromagnetic Pulsed inductive thruster Magnetoplasmadynamic...
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Advanced Electric Propulsion System (category Hall effect)
electric power for its Hall-effect thrusters for maneuverability, which can be supported by chemical monopropellant thrusters for high-thrust attitude...
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Resistojet rocket (redirect from Resisto-jet thruster)
doubled in comparison to a cold gas thruster using the same propellant. Solar electric propulsion Arcjet rocket thruster Jahn, Robert G.; Choueiri, Edgar...
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Ion-propelled aircraft (redirect from Electrohydrodynamic thruster)
electric propulsion Biefeld–Brown effect Hall-effect thruster Ion thruster Ion wind Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster Plasma actuator Thompson, Clive (August...
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Hall thruster flown in space, Busek's BHT-200, was launched aboard the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) TacSat-2 satellite. The Busek thruster was...
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The helicon double-layer thruster is a prototype electric spacecraft propulsion. It was created by Australian scientist Christine Charles, based on a technology...
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Types: Gridded ion thruster NASA Solar Technology Application Readiness (NSTAR) HiPEP Radiofrequency ion thruster Hall-effect thruster, including its subtypes...
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Application Readiness (NSTAR) is a type of spacecraft ion thruster called electrostatic ion thruster. It is a highly efficient low-thrust spacecraft propulsion...
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methods, such as ion thrusters, give much higher specific impulse but with much lower thrust; for example the Hall-effect thruster on the SMART-1 satellite...
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PPS-1350 is a Hall-effect thruster, a kind of ion propulsion system for spacecraft. It was used in the SMART-1 mission to the moon and one geostationary...
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An arcjet rocket or arcjet thruster is a form of electrically powered spacecraft propulsion, in which an electrical discharge (arc) is created in a flow...
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