ISRO completes 1,000-hour life test on Stationary Plasma Thruster, set to replace chemical propulsion in future satellites

Noting that these thrusters use Xenon as the propellant, the ISRO said the Specific Impulse of the Electric Propulsion System, which is a major performance indicator of a space propulsion system, is at least 6 times that of the conventional propulsion system.

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