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Hall thrusters typically operate around 50mN/kW. Gridded ion thrusters a bit lower, like 30-40mN/kW. That being said, some exotic thrusters like the FEEP still
by binarycoffee 10y ago
Hall thrusters typically operate around 50mN/kW. Gridded ion thrusters a bit lower, like 30-40mN/kW.
That being said, some exotic thrusters like the FEEP still manage to be useful operating below 10mN/kW for precise positioning.
[Edited erroneous data for FEEPs and needless rant]