USAF conducting on-orbit tests of high-power arcjet thruster
Air Force researchers have conducted more than 20 minutes of experimental firing with a TRW-built electric propulsion system that is the largest of its type tested in orbit, with good results so far. The Electric Propulsion Space Experiment (ESEX) is a 30-kilowatt ammonia-fueled arcjet thruster...
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