@Luna it's also paradox that people can't #RTFM when I post the solution to a question about #ElectricPropulsion the same day 🤔

The essential working principle of the #HallThruster is that it uses an #electrostatic potential https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall-effect_thruster#Principle_of_operation

An alternate form of #ElectricPropulsion, the Hall-effect thruster, was studied independently in the #UnitedStates and the #SovietUnion in the 📆 1950s and 📆 1960s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_thruster

#Spacecraft #ElectricPropulsion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft_electric_propulsion#Electrostatic

Which kind of #ElectricPropulsion ⚡ is used for #Starlink V2 ?

Which kind of #ElectricPropulsion ⚡ is used for #Starlink V2 ?

My group at NASA GRC is hiring. Who wants to work on ion engines?

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/693279100

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/697910800

#NASA #ElectricPropulsion

Air New Zealand makes plans for electric planes
Air New Zealand has signed a letter of intent to order up to 23 all-electric Alice aircraft from Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation as part of its Mission NextGen Aircraft program to accelerate the switch to zero-emission flights. The deal makes Air New Zealand the first national flag carri
https://cosmiclog.com/2022/12/13/air-new-zealand-makes-plans-for-electric-planes/
#GeekWire #Aviation #Electricpropulsion #Eviation #NewZealand #Technology

Australian airline orders electric planes for the Outback
It’s only fitting that 20 of Eviation’s all-electric Alice commuter airplanes are destined to be based in Alice Springs.

That’s the upshot of the Arlington, Wash.-based company’s deal with Northern Territory Air Services, a scheduled airline and charter aircra
https://cosmiclog.com/2022/11/10/australian-airline-orders-electric-planes-for-the-outback/
#GeekWire #Australia #Aviation #Electricpropulsion #Eviation #NTAS #Technology