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Spacecraft electric propulsion
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Spacecraft electric propulsion is a type of spacecraft propulsion technique that uses electrostatic or electromagnetic fields to accelerate mass to high speed and thus generating thrust to modify the velocity of a spacecraft in orbit. The propulsion system is controlled by power electronics.
6 kW Hall thruster in operation at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
6 kW Hall thruster in operation at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Spacecraft propulsion
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Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial satellites. In-space propulsion exclusively deals with propulsion systems used in the vacuum of space and should not be confused with space launch or atmospheric entry.
A remote camera captures a close-up view of an RS-25 during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi.
A remote camera captures a close-up view of an RS-25 during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi.
SpaceX's Kestrel engine is tested.
SpaceX's Kestrel engine is tested.
NASA's 2.3 kW NSTAR ion thruster for the Deep Space 1 spacecraft during a hot fire test at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA's 2.3 kW NSTAR ion thruster for the Deep Space 1 spacecraft during a hot fire test at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
6 kW Hall thruster in operation at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
6 kW Hall thruster in operation at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory