Photon Guy Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 When are we going to start using hall thrusters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVat Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 1971. From an easily searched online source, which took me about 30 seconds to find: Hall thrusters have been flying in space since December 1971, when the Soviet Union launched an SPT-50 on a Meteor satellite. Over 240 thrusters have flown in space since that time, with a 100% success rate. Hall thrusters are now routinely flown on commercial LEO and GEO communications satellites, where they are used for orbital insertion and stationkeeping... 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 1971. ~240 have flown in space https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall-effect_thruster (xpost with TheVat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVat Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Jinx! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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