Plasma Thruster: New Space Debris Removal Technology (image)
Caption
Schematic of a magnetic nozzle rf plasma thruster (helicon plasma thruster) having two open source exits and photographs of the three operation modes in the laboratory test.
Credit
Kazunori Takahashi.
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Copyright: Kazunori Takahashi.
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