A Hall thruster is a high-efficiency propulsion device using plasma that is used for various difficult space missions, such ...

Plasma thrusters used on satellites could be much more powerful than previously believed. It has been believed that Hall thrusters, an efficient kind of electric propulsion widely used in orbit ...

While Hall thrusters are a well-proven technology, an alternative concept, known as a magnetoplasmadynamic thruster, promises to pack much more power into smaller engines. However, they are yet ...

Hall thrusters provide high fuel efficiency, ... Image of the 150 W low-power Hall thruster for small and micro satellites, developed in collaboration with Cosmo Bee and the KAIST team.

An operating Hall-effect thruster (left) and one that’s not on (right). NASA/JPL-Caltech Ion thrusters use high electric voltages to make a plasma (the fourth state of matter) and spew ions into ...

Hall thrusters have conventionally been used to adjust the orbit of satellites. But according to a new study, they could also be scaled up for interplanetary commutes like a crewed mission to ...

NASA has turned on the electric Hall thrusters of Psyche, a spacecraft that’s now gently motoring toward a metal-rich asteroid embedded in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars.

The company’s NGHT-1X Hall-effect thrusters are based on NASA’s technology, and will allow its Mission Extension Pod (MEP)—which, as its name suggests, is essentially a satellite repair ...

Hall thrusters utilise electric propulsion through the ionisation and acceleration of plasma under crossed electric and magnetic fields, offering efficient and reliable performance for spacecraft.

Because a radio-frequency thruster system uses a permanent magnet instead of an electromagnet, as a typical Hall-effect thruster does, it is a simpler system, Phase Four says. “There’s no cathode.

Starfish Space scrubs plan for a satellite rendezvous after thruster suffers anomaly by Alan Boyle on November 10, 2023 at 9:00 am November 10, 2023 at 11:02 am Share 26 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...