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    Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) is a solar electric propulsion system for spacecraft that is being designed, developed and tested by NASA and...
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    Spacecraft electric propulsion (or just electric propulsion) is a type of spacecraft propulsion technique that uses electrostatic or electromagnetic fields...
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    ion thruster, ion drive, or ion engine is a form of electric propulsion used for spacecraft propulsion. An ion thruster creates a cloud of positive ions...
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    System. An example of work on this type of technology is Advanced Electric Propulsion System. The NASA Solar Technology Application Readiness (NSTAR)...
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    Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), previously known as the Asteroid Redirect Vehicle propulsion system, is a planned solar electric ion propulsion module...
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    Hall-effect thruster (category Magnetic propulsion devices)
    In spacecraft propulsion, a Hall-effect thruster (HET) is a type of ion thruster in which the propellant is accelerated by an electric field. Hall-effect...
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    Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial satellites. In-space propulsion exclusively deals with propulsion systems used...
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    Marine propulsion is the mechanism or system used to generate thrust to move a watercraft through water. While paddles and sails are still used on some...
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    Hall-effect thrusters and three 12 kW NASA/Aerojet Rocketdyne Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) Hall-effect thrusters for a total engine output fractionally...
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  • Atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion, or air-breathing electric propulsion, shortly ABEP, is a propulsion technology for spacecraft, which could allow...
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    current-based drivetrain systems for electric vehicles. It offers AC-induction traction motors. The company produces electric vehicle drive systems featuring high...
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  • Field-emission electric propulsion (FEEP) is an advanced electrostatic space propulsion concept, a form of ion thruster, that uses a liquid metal as a...
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    Laser propulsion is a form of beam-powered propulsion where the energy source is a remote (usually ground-based) laser system and separate from the reaction...
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  • A nuclear electric rocket (more properly nuclear electric propulsion) is a type of spacecraft propulsion system where thermal energy from a nuclear reactor...
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    spacecraft propulsion Hall effect thruster, a different type of ion thruster Advanced Electric Propulsion System – Spacecraft propulsion system by NASA....
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    provide propulsion for long periods without refueling. There are also applications in the space sector with nuclear thermal and nuclear electric engines...
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  • Field propulsion is the concept of spacecraft propulsion where no propellant is necessary but instead momentum of the spacecraft is changed by an interaction...
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  • The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) is a non-profit organisation that facilitates funding to UK-based research and development projects developing net-zero...
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    A hybrid electric bus is a bus that combines a conventional internal combustion engine propulsion system with an electric propulsion system. These type...
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    Burston et al. "Design principles and digital control of advanced distributed propulsion systems". in: Karakoç et al (ed). Energy special issue on Emerging...
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    power plant. Electrohydrodynamics Lorentz force, relates electric and magnetic fields to propulsion force Dane, Abe (August 1990). "100 mph Jet Ships" (PDF)...
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    An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. The vehicle can be powered by a collector system, with electricity...
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  • Protection Strategy Advanced Electric Propulsion System, Hall Effect thruster by Aerojet Rocketdyne for NASA. Aadhaar Enabled Payment System, used in India...
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    suspension and rack and pinion steering. AC Propulsion utilized their AC-150 drivetrain, a single-speed electric system with an overall gear ratio of 9:1. Experimental...
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    packs, with no secondary source of propulsion (a hydrogen fuel cell, internal combustion engine, etc.). BEVs use electric motors and motor controllers instead...
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    spacecraft propulsion NEXT (ion thruster) – Space propulsion system, a gridded electrostatic ion thruster Advanced Electric Propulsion System – Spacecraft...
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    traction motor is an electric motor used for propulsion of a vehicle, such as locomotives, electric or hydrogen vehicles, or electric multiple unit trains...
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  • In chronological order, spacecraft are listed equipped with electric space propulsion. This includes both cruise engines and/or thrusters for attitude...
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    ion) propulsion with electric power generated by fusion instead of direct thrust. Spacecraft propulsion methods such as ion thrusters require electric power...
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  • electric propulsion system as a means of accomplishing high delta-V missions such as an interstellar precursor mission in a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts...
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