NASA also hopes to fly the technology on the upcoming Psyche spacecraft, which will use four SPT-140 Hall Effect thrusters. Loaded with 922 kg of xenon propellant, engineers have estimated that ...

Hall thrusters are a type of electric propulsion system that utilize plasma to generate thrust. They are increasingly being considered for various space missions due to their efficiency and ...

Hall-effecct ion thrusters use an electric field from solar panels to accelerate a propellant, usually xenon gas. This electric field limits the motion of electron plasma, and then uses those ...

The new propulsion system, the NASA-H71M sub-kilowatt Hall-effect thruster, will be used for planetary exploration as well as ...