X3 ion thruster achieves record 102 kilowatts of power and 5.4 newtons of thrust

The X3 thruster was designed by researchers at the University of Michigan in cooperation with NASA and the U.S. Air Force. It is a Hall thruster - a system that propels spacecraft by accelerating a...

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