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AURA Radio Frequency Gridded Ion Thruster (NewOrbit)
Ignition of the AURA RF gridded ion thruster in a vacuum chamber at NewOrbit in Reading, UK.
Video details
- Video:
- AURA ignition
- Thruster type:
- Gridded ion
- Organization:
- NewOrbit
- Propulsion system power:
- 0.1 kW to 1.5 kW
- Propellant:
- air (can also use xenon, krypton, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide)