And what can say we’ve arrived in the future more than off-the-shelf plasma thrusters for the DIY microsatellite market? Although [Michael Bretti] does tell us that he plans to sell these ...

ISRO has announced the successful completion of a 1,000-hour life test on its 300mN (millinewton) Stationary Plasma Thruster that is developed for induction in the Electric Propulsion System of ...

The company’s NGHT-1X Hall-effect thrusters are based on NASA’s technology, and will allow its Mission Extension Pod ...

During testing conducted in September 2024 on a European satellite, Miles Space’s Poseidon M1.5 thruster, which fits in a one-unit cubesat, demonstrated its utility for applications like descent ...

The majority of satellite propulsion systems are currently either chemical or electrical, but according to Stokes, both have downsides: “Chemical propulsion has very high thrust, but its ...