electrostatic ion thruster 1

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An electrostatic ion thruster is a design for ion thrusters, a highly efficient low-thrust spacecraft propulsion running on electrical power.

  • 1.Conventional electrostatic ion thrusters possess only two grids, one high voltage and one low voltage, which perform both the ion extraction and acceleration functions.

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