AI technique predicts Hall thruster power for spacecraft with high accuracy
A Hall thruster is a high-efficiency propulsion device using plasma that is used for various difficult space missions, such ...
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Ion Thrusters: Not Just For TIE Fighters Anymore
An SPT-140 Hall Effect thruster under testing. Four of these thrusters will be installed on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. Credit: NASA, public domain Gridded ion thrusters have seen plenty of use ...
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AI-driven performance prediction model to advance space electric propulsion technology?
A research team presents an AI assessor for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines of satellites and space probes.
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AI Accelerates Hall Thruster Development
AI-driven Hall thruster technology from KAIST will be demonstrated on the K-HERO CubeSat, advancing high-efficiency electric ...
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ion propulsion
The AEPS is a solar electric propulsion system that uses xenon as its propellant, much like existing ion engines. Where it differs is in the power output, which should allow it to work as the ...
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Pale Blue to flight test water thruster with D-Orbit
Pale Blue’s demonstrated its Resistojet thruster in orbit for the first ... worth as much as $27 million to develop water-based ion and Hall-effect thrusters. “We are confident that our ...
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KAIST develops AI-driven performance prediction model to advance space electric propulsion technology
A research team from KAIST Nuclear and Quantum Engineering presents an AI assesser for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines ...