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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • by SITAEL in collaboration with ESA, is based on a double-stage Hall-effect thruster (RAM-HET) designed to operate using rarefied atmospheric gases at...
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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • David; Benavides, Gabriel (2010). "Advances in Microcavity Discharge Thruster Technology". 46th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit...
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  • electric propulsion Biefeld–Brown effect Hall-effect thruster Ion thruster Ion wind Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster Plasma actuator Thompson, Clive (August...
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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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    Types: Gridded ion thruster NASA Solar Technology Application Readiness (NSTAR) HiPEP Radiofrequency ion thruster Hall-effect thruster, including its subtypes...
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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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    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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    Electrostatic Colloid thruster Ion thruster Gridded Hall-effect thruster Field-emission electric propulsion Electromagnetic Pulsed inductive thruster Magnetoplasmadynamic...
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    Gravity assist (redirect from Sling effect)
    maneuver") can add the Oberth effect to the gravity slingshot effect, producing a larger change in orbital velocity than either effect by itself. A rotating black...
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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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  • 1867 in 1987, using the TOPAZ nuclear reactor and a "Plazma-2 SPT" Hall-effect thruster. The TEM project started in 2009 with the goal of powering a Mars...
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    research. The U.S. Air Force has stated that the X-37B is testing a Hall-effect thruster system for Aerojet Rocketdyne. In July 2019, former United States...
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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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    31, 2031, spending 817 days in orbit. Psyche uses solar-powered Hall-effect thrusters for propulsion and orbital maneuvering, the first interplanetary...
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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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    expand through the magnetic nozzle and beyond, and thus, function as an ion thruster. The construction of the experimental research device and most of its early...
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