plasma thruster

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• plasma thruster — /plæzmə ˈθrʌstə/ (say plazmuh thrustuh) noun a type of rocket engine which uses ionised gas as a propellant …  

• Electrodeless plasma thruster — The electrodeless plasma thruster is a spacecraft propulsion engine. It was created by Mr. Gregory Emsellem based on technology developed by French Atomic Energy Commission scientist Dr Richard Geller and Dr. Terenzio Consoli, for high speed… …   Wikipedia

• Pulsed plasma thruster — Pulsed plasma thrusters are a method of spacecraft propulsion which use an arc of electric current adjacent to a solid propellant, to produce a quick and repeatable burst of impulse. PPTs are excellent for attitude control, and for main… …   Wikipedia

• Stationnary Plasma Thruster — Propulseur à effet Hall Propulseur à effet Hall PPS 1350 de la Snecma utilisé pour les transferts d orbite et le maintien à poste des satellites. Poussée = 0,09 Newton, Consommation électrique = 1500 W, Impulsion spécifique = 1650 s Un propulseur …   Wikipédia en Français

• Plasma propulsion engine — A plasma propulsion engine is a kind of Ion thruster which uses plasma in some or all parts of the thrust generation process. Though far less powerful than conventional rocket engines, plasma engines are able to operate at higher efficiencies and …   Wikipedia

• Thruster — A thruster is a small propulsive device used by spacecraft and watercraft for station keeping, attitude control, or long duration low thrust acceleration.Thruster (surfing) is a surfboard fin design.Spacecraft thrusters,*Electrohydrodynamic… …   Wikipedia

• Plasma speaker — Plasma speakers (sometimes called flame speakers if the source of the plasma is combustion rather than gas ionization) are a form of loudspeaker which vary the intensity of a plasma, rather than using a magnetic field to push or pull a… …   Wikipedia

• Plasma (physics) — For other uses, see Plasma. Plasma lamp, illustrating some of the more complex phenomena of a plasma, including filamentation. The colors are a result of relaxation of electrons in excited states to lower energy states after they have recombined… …   Wikipedia

• Ion thruster — An ion thruster is a form of electric propulsion used for spacecraft propulsion that creates thrust by accelerating ions. Ion thrusters are characterized by how they accelerate the ions, using either electrostatic or electromagnetic force.… …   Wikipedia

• Helicon Double Layer Thruster — The Helicon Double Layer Thruster is a prototype spacecraft propulsion engine. It was created by Australian scientist Dr. Christine Charles, based on a technology invented by Professor Rod Boswell, both of the Australian National University.The… …   Wikipedia

• Hall effect thruster — In spacecraft propulsion, a Hall thruster is a type of ion thruster in which the propellant is accelerated by an electric field. Hall thrusters trap electrons in a magnetic field and then use the electrons to ionize propellant, efficiently… …   Wikipedia