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I Klotz, Startup bringing plasma propulsion technology to the smallsat crowd, Aviation Week & Space Technology, 12-25 March 2018, p 56

In US, OneWebb plans to launch the first ten of its Hall effect thrusters this year.   The fuel-efficient, light-weight and low-cost thrusters operate on the Hall effect discovered in the 1880s in which a magnetic field is generated to accelerate a low-density plasma of inert gas, usually xenon 

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Journal title: Aviation Week & Space Technology

Keywords: 4 Propulsion - 4.6 Novel propulsive systems

Subjects: Aircraft Operation

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