Chemical rockets have powered humanity’s journey into space for decades. Their explosive thrust is essential for launch, but in the vacuum of space, these systems quickly burn through fuel, making ...

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RADIOFREQUENCY THRUSTER The RF ion thruster generates plasma through inductive coupling discharge. As shown in Fig. 1, it plots the schematic of RF ion thruster. When the RF absorbed power and the ...

Along with that, he used a capacitor multiplier circuit and diodes to boost the voltage. His dedication to building this ion thruster is truly impressive, but like previous versions, it still produces ...

Pale Blue plans to demonstrate its 1U water ion thruster twice in 2025 on D-Orbit’s Ion Satellite Carrier, an orbital transfer vehicle. The contract with D-Orbit includes two launch ...

ION-X, the electrospray propulsion specialist, has raised €13 million in a funding round. It will enable the company to industrialise the production of its ion thrusters. The company now aims to ...

LOGAN, Utah–Water-based thruster specialist Pale Blue plans to demonstrate an ion thruster in early 2025. The Japanese company has delivered its water-based ion thruster demonstrator to the ...

NASA's ion thrusters work through what is known as the Hall effect. Rather than use a chemical process to create propulsion, Hall-effecct ion thrusters use an electric field from solar panels to ...

While commercial ion thrusters are good enough for most LEO satellites, these engines only use “10% or less of a small spacecraft’s initial mass in propellant,” according to NASA.

The grid assembly within ion thruster exhibit characteristics of high voltage differentials and small spacing, making them susceptible to beam sparkle phenomenon, which has a certain impact on the ...