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Aerojet’s Redmond team builds thrusters for a wide array of NASA spacecraft, ranging from the Artemis moon program’s Orion capsule and SLS rocket that touched down on Mars in 2021.
Source: https://www.geekwire.com/2023/nasas-economic-impact-washington-blue-origin/
By all accounts, the thrusters performed just as well today.
Source: https://www.geekwire.com/2023/nasa-osiris-rex-sample-asteroid/
Delivering a rover to Mars, for example, involves wrapping the rover in a heat shield, and then sealing the entire thing — rover and heat shield together, along with thrusters and other spacecraft parts — into the nosecone of a rocket for launch.
Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/space/wild-plan-to-bring-home-venus-atmosphere/
Jorns says that the cooling problem would need a space-worthy solution if Hall thrusters are to run at these high powers.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-01-plasma-thrusters-satellites-powerful-previously.html
One of the most recent trials involved small-scale plasma thrusters attached to a CubeSat (miniature satellite), enabling it to power itself into Earth’s atmosphere and burn up once its mission is over.
Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2023/0405/So-many-satellites.-Can-we-clean-up-space?icid=rss
The argon Hall thrusters were developed by SpaceX engineers, the company said, and are the first of their kind to operate in space.
Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/27/falcon-9-starlink-6-1-live-coverage/
There was a brief glimmer of hope earlier this month, with one of the thrusters showing some improvement.
Source: https://gizmodo.com/nasa-lunar-flashlight-mission-fails-reach-orbit-moon-1850437313
The thrusters produce 170 millinewtons of thrust using 4.2 kilowatts of power, the company stated, with a specific impulse — a measure of efficiency — of 2,500 seconds.
Source: https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-first-upgraded-starlink-satellites/
"When I'm thrusting forwards, one of the thrusters is thrusting backwards.
Source: https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/uk-world-news/17-warnings-oceangate-ceo-ignored-8585882