Tag: spacecraft

• The EP Mafia: Part 2

  

  The German Today, we live in a golden era of electric propulsion. Thousands of hall effect thrusters currently inhabit space (thanks in no small part due to the comical numbers of Starlink satellites), ion thrusters have demonstrated exceptional performance in deep space, and soon the PPE will demonstrate humanity’s first high-powered on-orbit EP system with…

  scottthemissiondesigner

  January 11, 2024

  The EP Mafia

  electric propulsion, history, mission design, nasa, news, science, space, spacecraft, trajectories