- Look up
thruster or
thrusters in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Thruster may
refer to: A
thruster is a
propulsive device used by
spacecraft and watercraft...
-
Edwin Hall) are
sometimes referred to as Hall
thrusters or Hall-current
thrusters. Hall-effect
thrusters use a
magnetic field to
limit the electrons' axial...
- (MPD)
thrusters and
lithium Lorentz force accelerator (LiLFA)
thrusters use
roughly the same idea. The
LiLFA thruster builds on the MPD
thruster. Hydrogen...
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Manoeuvering thrusters (bow
thrusters and
stern thrusters) are
transversal propulsion devices built into or
mounted to
either the bow or
stern (front or...
- literature, the term "plasma
thruster"
sometimes encomp****es
thrusters usually designated as "ion engines".
Plasma thrusters do not
typically use high voltage...
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powerful podded thrusters in use are the four 21.5 MW Rolls-Royce
Mermaid units ****ed to RMS Queen Mary 2.
Mechanical azimuth thrusters can be
fixed installed...
- azi****l
thruster,
which can be
rotated through 360°
Underwater thrusters can be
further divided in two main groups,
hydraulic thrusters and electric...
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vehicles with two
sizes of
attitude control thrusters, the main ACS (Attitude
Control System)
thrusters are used for
larger movements,
while the verniers...
- as
thrusters are: Cold gas
thruster Electrohydrodynamic thruster,
using ionized air (only for use in an atmosphere)
Electrodeless plasma thruster, electric...
- orbit) use high-specific
impulse engines such as arcjets, ion
thrusters, or Hall
effect thrusters. To
control orientation, a few spacecraft,
including the...
