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Promising new electric iodine thruster passes key test in orbit – Space.com
Electric thrusters that use iodine as a propellant could soon find their way onto lots of spacecraft.
A new electric thruster that blasts out iodine has now been successfully tested in orbit, a milestone that could help lead to significantly tinier, simpler, cheaper and higher-performance engines for satellites and spacecraft, a new study reports.
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