Abstract: The University of Michigan, in collaboration with NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, has developed two nested-channel Hall thrusters: the X2 and the X3. The X2 is a 6-kW ...

In addition, Professor Choe explained, "The Hall thruster for the cube satellite developed using AI techniques in collaboration with Cosmo Bee Co., Ltd., an electric propulsion specialist and a ...

Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images Helium is used to used to pressurize the spacecraft's thrusters, allowing them to fire, according to Boeing. It's currently unclear how much ...

At an overall efficiency of 51%, they achieved their maximum thrust of about 1.8 Newtons, on par with the much larger 100-kilowatt-class X3 Hall thruster. “This is kind of a crazy result because ...

Running with krypton, a lighter gas, they maxed out their power supply at 45 kilowatts. At an overall efficiency of 51%, they achieved their maximum thrust of about 1.8 Newtons, on par with the much ...

Running with krypton, a lighter gas, they maxed out their power supply at 45 kilowatts. At an overall efficiency of 51%, they achieved their maximum thrust of about 1.8 Newtons, on par with the much ...

At an overall efficiency of 51%, they achieved their maximum thrust of about 1.8 Newtons, on par with the much larger 100-kilowatt-class X3 Hall thruster. “This is kind of a crazy result because ...

Running with krypton, a lighter gas, they maxed out their power supply at 45 kilowatts. At an overall efficiency of 51%, they achieved their maximum thrust of about 1.8 Newtons, on par with the much ...

Hall thrusters are an efficient kind of electric propulsion used in orbit, and they need to be large to produce a lot of thrust. Things are going to change with the new study from the University ...

As a result, the team “maxed out” the power supply of their traditional H9 Hall thruster at 45 kilowatts. This was accompanied by an overall efficiency of 51%, resulting in a maximum thrust of about 1 ...