In the third part of the series, prof. Koizumi will categorize electric propulsion by its acceleration method and briefly introduce the various types of electric propulsion thrusters. Here focusing on the gridded ion thruster and Hall-effect thruster, the most common in the current electric propulsion system. Prof. Koizumi has […]

  For this last seminar of the SPS series, prof. Koizumi will explain the meaning of the miniaturized propulsion system dedicated to small satellites (1 – 200 kg size). Its operating principle is the same as the propulsion as mentioned above, but the miniaturization generates a lot of limitations and […]