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1559 followers · 1326 posts · Server techhub.socialThe 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
#hallthruster #electrostatic #electricpropulsion #unitedstates #sovietunion #spacecraft