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Plasma propulsion for geostationary satellites for telecommunication and interplanetary missions

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1 Institut Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Université Pierre et Marie Curie 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, France

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Abstract

The advantages of electric propulsion for the orbit maintenance of geostationary satellites for telecommunications are described. Different types of plasma sources for space propulsion are presented. Due to its large performances, one of them, named Hall effect thruster is described in detail and two recent missions in space (Stentor and Smart1) using French Hall thrusters are briefly presented.

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