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Extended capability electric propulsion coming soon to a Satellite near you soon - thanks to China!
China successfully demonstrated a new 750-newton Hall-effect thruster (electric propulsion) surpassing the performance of all comparable preceding systems.
The engine powered Experiment Satellite 26A from its initial transfer orbit to geostationary orbit through five orbit-raising manoeuvres, firing for a cumulative 11,617 seconds (approximately 3.2 hours) during its maiden mission.
The engine, which was designed to run for nearly 10 hours, operated continuously for more than 14 hours during testing.
In contrast, the leading US-made R-42DM and Europe’s Leros-1B, are designed to operate for about seven hours. https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/china-satellite-engine-new-global-record #Space #China #Satellite #ElectricPropulsion #ElecticEngine #Hall_Effect_Thrusters #EarthOrbit #SpaceCraft #GeostationaryOrbit
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Extended capability electric propulsion coming soon to a Satellite near you soon - thanks to China!
China successfully demonstrated a new 750-newton Hall-effect thruster (electric propulsion) surpassing the performance of all comparable preceding systems.
The engine powered Experiment Satellite 26A from its initial transfer orbit to geostationary orbit through five orbit-raising manoeuvres, firing for a cumulative 11,617 seconds (approximately 3.2 hours) during its maiden mission.
The engine, which was designed to run for nearly 10 hours, operated continuously for more than 14 hours during testing.
In contrast, the leading US-made R-42DM and Europe’s Leros-1B, are designed to operate for about seven hours. https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/china-satellite-engine-new-global-record #Space #China #Satellite #ElectricPropulsion #ElecticEngine #Hall_Effect_Thrusters #EarthOrbit #SpaceCraft #GeostationaryOrbit
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Electric foiling pilot boat.
Great use case for electric propulsion: Pilot boats are fast, short range and return to port regularly.
This one can be fast charged in 1 hour.
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Electric foiling pilot boat.
Great use case for electric propulsion: Pilot boats are fast, short range and return to port regularly.
This one can be fast charged in 1 hour.
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#SASIC:
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Neumann commissions propulsion tech on CarbSAR satellite
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"South Australian-based electric propulsion company Neumann Space has successfully commissioned its electric propulsion technology, the Neumann Drive® ND-50, completing the system’s demonstration phase in space and clearing the way for commercial deployment."https://sasic.sa.gov.au/news/neumann-commissions-propulsion-tech-on-carbsar-satellite/
19.5.2026
#CarbSAR #ElectricPropulsion #ElectricThruster #Ionentriebwerk #NeumannSpace #ND50 #Raumfahrt #SAR #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #SSTL
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#SASIC:
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Neumann commissions propulsion tech on CarbSAR satellite
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"South Australian-based electric propulsion company Neumann Space has successfully commissioned its electric propulsion technology, the Neumann Drive® ND-50, completing the system’s demonstration phase in space and clearing the way for commercial deployment."https://sasic.sa.gov.au/news/neumann-commissions-propulsion-tech-on-carbsar-satellite/
19.5.2026
#CarbSAR #ElectricPropulsion #ElectricThruster #Ionentriebwerk #NeumannSpace #ND50 #Raumfahrt #SAR #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #SSTL
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#SASIC:
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Neumann commissions propulsion tech on CarbSAR satellite
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"South Australian-based electric propulsion company Neumann Space has successfully commissioned its electric propulsion technology, the Neumann Drive® ND-50, completing the system’s demonstration phase in space and clearing the way for commercial deployment."https://sasic.sa.gov.au/news/neumann-commissions-propulsion-tech-on-carbsar-satellite/
19.5.2026
#CarbSAR #ElectricPropulsion #ElectricThruster #Ionentriebwerk #NeumannSpace #ND50 #Raumfahrt #SAR #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #SSTL
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#SASIC:
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Neumann commissions propulsion tech on CarbSAR satellite
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"South Australian-based electric propulsion company Neumann Space has successfully commissioned its electric propulsion technology, the Neumann Drive® ND-50, completing the system’s demonstration phase in space and clearing the way for commercial deployment."https://sasic.sa.gov.au/news/neumann-commissions-propulsion-tech-on-carbsar-satellite/
19.5.2026
#CarbSAR #ElectricPropulsion #ElectricThruster #Ionentriebwerk #NeumannSpace #ND50 #Raumfahrt #SAR #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #SSTL
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#SASIC:
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Neumann commissions propulsion tech on CarbSAR satellite
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"South Australian-based electric propulsion company Neumann Space has successfully commissioned its electric propulsion technology, the Neumann Drive® ND-50, completing the system’s demonstration phase in space and clearing the way for commercial deployment."https://sasic.sa.gov.au/news/neumann-commissions-propulsion-tech-on-carbsar-satellite/
19.5.2026
#CarbSAR #ElectricPropulsion #ElectricThruster #Ionentriebwerk #NeumannSpace #ND50 #Raumfahrt #SAR #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #SSTL
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#Psyche will slingshot past #Mars 🔴 on Friday. During the flyby, the spacecraft will capture thousands of images. Psyche should arrive in 2029. The spacecraft runs on solar #ElectricPropulsion, using xenon gas thrusters https://www.independent.co.uk/space/nasa-mars-psyche-aircraft-gravity-b2976589.html
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#Psyche will slingshot past #Mars 🔴 on Friday. During the flyby, the spacecraft will capture thousands of images. Psyche should arrive in 2029. The spacecraft runs on solar #ElectricPropulsion, using xenon gas thrusters https://www.independent.co.uk/space/nasa-mars-psyche-aircraft-gravity-b2976589.html
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#ElectricPropulsion uses up to 90% less 📉 propellant than traditional, high-thrust chemical rockets. During tests, the #NASA JPL team achieved power levels of up to 120 kilowatts. That’s over 25 times 📈 the power of the thrusters on Psyche. The team aims to reach power levels between 500 kilowatts and 1 megawatt per thruster. A human 🧑🚀 mission to #Mars might need 2 to 4 megawatts of power, requiring multiple MPD thrusters https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-fires-up-powerful-lithium-fed-thruster-for-trips-to-mars/
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#ElectricPropulsion uses up to 90% less 📉 propellant than traditional, high-thrust chemical rockets. During tests, the #NASA JPL team achieved power levels of up to 120 kilowatts. That’s over 25 times 📈 the power of the thrusters on Psyche. The team aims to reach power levels between 500 kilowatts and 1 megawatt per thruster. A human 🧑🚀 mission to #Mars might need 2 to 4 megawatts of power, requiring multiple MPD thrusters https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-fires-up-powerful-lithium-fed-thruster-for-trips-to-mars/
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Rocket Lab’s Gauss Thruster Launch Adds New Angle To RKLB Story
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#NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #electricpropulsion #Gauss #RocketLab #satelliteoperators #Science #spacesystems
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Rocket Lab’s Gauss Thruster Launch Adds New Angle To RKLB Story
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#NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #electricpropulsion #Gauss #RocketLab #satelliteoperators #Science #spacesystems
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/436221/ Rocket Lab’s Gauss Thruster Launch Adds New Angle To RKLB Story #Éire #ElectricPropulsion #Gauss #IE #Ireland #RocketLab #SatelliteOperators #Science #Space #SpaceSystems
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116306338879522880
2020, #ESA awarded #Airbus a €491 million contract to develop and deliver the Earth Return Orbiter. 2023, an independent #NASA review board report stated that the Mars Sample Return mission’s budget and schedule expectations were “unrealistic”. The #ElectricPropulsion system could potentially be reused.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116306338879522880
2020, #ESA awarded #Airbus a €491 million contract to develop and deliver the Earth Return Orbiter. 2023, an independent #NASA review board report stated that the Mars Sample Return mission’s budget and schedule expectations were “unrealistic”. The #ElectricPropulsion system could potentially be reused.
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#NASA will launch the #SpaceReactor1 Freedom, the first nuclear ☢️ powered #interplanetary spacecraft, to #Mars 🔴 before the end of 📆 2028. Nuclear #ElectricPropulsion enables high power missions beyond #Jupiter 🪐 where #solar arrays are not effective https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-unveils-initiatives-to-achieve-americas-national-space-policy/
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#NASA will launch the #SpaceReactor1 Freedom, the first nuclear ☢️ powered #interplanetary spacecraft, to #Mars 🔴 before the end of 📆 2028. Nuclear #ElectricPropulsion enables high power missions beyond #Jupiter 🪐 where #solar arrays are not effective https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-unveils-initiatives-to-achieve-americas-national-space-policy/
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#NASA will launch the #SpaceReactor1 Freedom, the first nuclear ☢️ powered #interplanetary spacecraft, to #Mars 🔴 before the end of 📆 2028. Nuclear #ElectricPropulsion enables high power missions beyond #Jupiter 🪐 where #solar arrays are not effective https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-unveils-initiatives-to-achieve-americas-national-space-policy/
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#NASA will launch the #SpaceReactor1 Freedom, the first nuclear ☢️ powered #interplanetary spacecraft, to #Mars 🔴 before the end of 📆 2028. Nuclear #ElectricPropulsion enables high power missions beyond #Jupiter 🪐 where #solar arrays are not effective https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-unveils-initiatives-to-achieve-americas-national-space-policy/
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#NASA will launch the #SpaceReactor1 Freedom, the first nuclear ☢️ powered #interplanetary spacecraft, to #Mars 🔴 before the end of 📆 2028. Nuclear #ElectricPropulsion enables high power missions beyond #Jupiter 🪐 where #solar arrays are not effective https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-unveils-initiatives-to-achieve-americas-national-space-policy/
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Chemical vs. Electric Engines for Deep Space Travel
Learn why electric engines are chosen for deep space travel over chemical engines. They use less fuel for long journeys to planets like Mars and beyond.
#DeepSpaceTravel, #ElectricPropulsion, #ChemicalEngines, #SpaceExploration, #RocketScience
https://newsletter.tf/why-electric-engines-are-better-for-deep-space-travel/
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Electric engines use much less fuel than chemical engines for long space trips. This means spacecraft can travel further without needing as much heavy fuel.
#DeepSpaceTravel, #ElectricPropulsion, #ChemicalEngines, #SpaceExploration, #RocketScience
https://newsletter.tf/why-electric-engines-are-better-for-deep-space-travel/
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#GeneralGalactic’s water 💧 propulsion system could provide 5-10 times the Delta-V of traditional systems. For #chemical propulsion, it will use electrolysis to split water, then burn the hydrogen with oxygen as the oxidizer. For #electrical propulsion, it will split water and then apply sufficient electrical energy 🔋 to convert the oxygen into plasma. It will then use a #magnetic field to guide the plasma out of a thruster https://interestingengineering.com/space/satellite-using-water-powered-propulsion-system
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#GeneralGalactic’s water 💧 propulsion system could provide 5-10 times the Delta-V of traditional systems. For #chemical propulsion, it will use electrolysis to split water, then burn the hydrogen with oxygen as the oxidizer. For #electrical propulsion, it will split water and then apply sufficient electrical energy 🔋 to convert the oxygen into plasma. It will then use a #magnetic field to guide the plasma out of a thruster https://interestingengineering.com/space/satellite-using-water-powered-propulsion-system
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#GeneralGalactic’s water 💧 propulsion system could provide 5-10 times the Delta-V of traditional systems. For #chemical propulsion, it will use electrolysis to split water, then burn the hydrogen with oxygen as the oxidizer. For #electrical propulsion, it will split water and then apply sufficient electrical energy 🔋 to convert the oxygen into plasma. It will then use a #magnetic field to guide the plasma out of a thruster https://interestingengineering.com/space/satellite-using-water-powered-propulsion-system
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#GeneralGalactic’s water 💧 propulsion system could provide 5-10 times the Delta-V of traditional systems. For #chemical propulsion, it will use electrolysis to split water, then burn the hydrogen with oxygen as the oxidizer. For #electrical propulsion, it will split water and then apply sufficient electrical energy 🔋 to convert the oxygen into plasma. It will then use a #magnetic field to guide the plasma out of a thruster https://interestingengineering.com/space/satellite-using-water-powered-propulsion-system
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#GeneralGalactic’s water 💧 propulsion system could provide 5-10 times the Delta-V of traditional systems. For #chemical propulsion, it will use electrolysis to split water, then burn the hydrogen with oxygen as the oxidizer. For #electrical propulsion, it will split water and then apply sufficient electrical energy 🔋 to convert the oxygen into plasma. It will then use a #magnetic field to guide the plasma out of a thruster https://interestingengineering.com/space/satellite-using-water-powered-propulsion-system
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Here’s a bunch of neat pictures of hardware for NASA Gateway, the lunar space station that is being built.
I worked on the electric thruster project for a few years and am now working on the Power and Propulsion Element (which uses three of those thrusters). #NASA #ElectricPropulsion
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/albums/72177720317836567/
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Here’s a bunch of neat pictures of hardware for NASA Gateway, the lunar space station that is being built.
I worked on the electric thruster project for a few years and am now working on the Power and Propulsion Element (which uses three of those thrusters). #NASA #ElectricPropulsion
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/albums/72177720317836567/
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⚓⚡ Smidmart | Precision Monitoring for Modern Marine Propulsion
In today’s electric-propulsion vessels digital voltmeters and ammeters play a central role in that reliability.
Smidmart -https://zurl.co/kyMu8
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AeroTEC joins project to test hybrid-electric aircraft
Seattle-based AeroTEC says it’s been selected by Pratt & Whitney Canada to lead the modification and flight test of an experimental hybrid-electric demonstrator aircraft at its Flight Test Center in Moses Lake, Wash.The RTX demonstrator is a De Havilland Canada Da
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/17/aerotec-joins-project-to-test-hybrid-electric-aircraft/
#GeekWire #AeroTEC #Aviation #ElectricPropulsion #PrattWhitney #RTX #Technology -
AeroTEC joins project to test hybrid-electric aircraft
Seattle-based AeroTEC says it’s been selected by Pratt & Whitney Canada to lead the modification and flight test of an experimental hybrid-electric demonstrator aircraft at its Flight Test Center in Moses Lake, Wash.The RTX demonstrator is a De Havilland Canada Da
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/17/aerotec-joins-project-to-test-hybrid-electric-aircraft/
#GeekWire #AeroTEC #Aviation #ElectricPropulsion #PrattWhitney #RTX #Technology -
Electric Propulsion's Dirty Secret: Why Lithium Can't Fly (Or Float) Profitably
#HackerNews #ElectricPropulsion #LithiumBattery #CleanEnergy #FutureTech #Innovation
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Electric Propulsion's Dirty Secret: Why Lithium Can't Fly (Or Float) Profitably
#HackerNews #ElectricPropulsion #LithiumBattery #CleanEnergy #FutureTech #Innovation
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First flight thruster was delivered to GRC! Testing will start soon. I worked on the project to develop and deliver the thrusters for two years; now I work on the spacecraft that they are going on. The team has done some amazing work over the past several years!
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Eviation suspends work on its electric airplane project
Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation Aircraft has laid off most of its employees and paused work on its electric-powered Alice airplane, which had its first and only flight test more than two years ago.In an emailed statement, Eviation CEO Andre Stein said a temporary pause was necess
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/02/14/eviation-suspends-work-on-its-electric-airplane-project/
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Eviation suspends work on its electric airplane project
Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation Aircraft has laid off most of its employees and paused work on its electric-powered Alice airplane, which had its first and only flight test more than two years ago.In an emailed statement, Eviation CEO Andre Stein said a temporary pause was necess
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/02/14/eviation-suspends-work-on-its-electric-airplane-project/
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#Argon is many times cheaper than #xenon (the most common, and expensive, propellant used in #HallThrusters) and #krypton (the propellant #SpaceX used in #Starlink V1 and V1.5 satellites) https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/03/spacexs-acquisition-of-swarm-is-paying-off-with-new-starlink-thrusters
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#Argon is many times cheaper than #xenon (the most common, and expensive, propellant used in #HallThrusters) and #krypton (the propellant #SpaceX used in #Starlink V1 and V1.5 satellites) https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/03/spacexs-acquisition-of-swarm-is-paying-off-with-new-starlink-thrusters
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In 📆 2023, #SpaceX launched the first of its #Starlink V2 Mini satellites 🛰️. These next-generation spacecraft are equipped with #HallEffect thrusters, or #HETs, that operate on #argon, instead of the #krypton propellant on previous Starlinks https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/year-in-review/a-year-of-firsts-for-electric-propulsion
The essential working principle of the #HallThruster is that it uses an #electrostatic potential to accelerate #ions up to high speeds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall-effect_thruster#Principle_of_operation
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In 📆 2023, #SpaceX launched the first of its #Starlink V2 Mini satellites 🛰️. These next-generation spacecraft are equipped with #HallEffect thrusters, or #HETs, that operate on #argon, instead of the #krypton propellant on previous Starlinks https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/year-in-review/a-year-of-firsts-for-electric-propulsion
The essential working principle of the #HallThruster is that it uses an #electrostatic potential to accelerate #ions up to high speeds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall-effect_thruster#Principle_of_operation
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Electric propulsion systems are not #energy limited. An arbitrarily large amount of energy can be delivered (from a #solar ☀️ or #nuclear ☢️ power system) to a given mass of propellant so that the exhaust velocity (or specific impulse) can be much larger than that available from a #chemical propulsion system. Electric propulsion systems are termed "#power 🔋 limited" https://sci.esa.int/web/smart-1/-/34201-electric-spacecraft-propulsion?section=electric-versus-chemical-propulsion
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Electric propulsion systems are not #energy limited. An arbitrarily large amount of energy can be delivered (from a #solar ☀️ or #nuclear ☢️ power system) to a given mass of propellant so that the exhaust velocity (or specific impulse) can be much larger than that available from a #chemical propulsion system. Electric propulsion systems are termed "#power 🔋 limited" https://sci.esa.int/web/smart-1/-/34201-electric-spacecraft-propulsion?section=electric-versus-chemical-propulsion