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Thruster

CATEGORIES ABOUT THRUSTER

spacecraft components

marine propulsion

SHOPPER'S DELIGHT

A thruster is a small Propulsive Device used by Spacecraft and Watercraft for Station Keeping , Attitude Control , or long duration low thrust acceleration.

Spacecraft thrusters,

Electrohydrodynamic Thruster , using ionized air (only for use in an atmosphere)

Electrostatic Ion Thruster , using high-voltage electrodes

Hall Effect Thruster , type of ion thruster

Ion Thruster , beams of ions accelerated electrically

Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster , electric propulsion using the Lorentz force

Electrodeless Plasma Thruster , electric propulsion using ponderomotive force

Pulsed Inductive Thruster , a pulsed form of ion thruster

Pulsed Plasma Thruster , current arced across a solid propellant

Marine thrusters,

Azimuth Thruster , pod underneath a ship, instead of a propeller and rudder

Bow Thruster , on the bow of a ship

Other topics,

Field Emission Electric Propulsion , very low power

Monopropellant Rocket

Radioisotope Rocket , using heat from radioactive decay

Shkadov Thruster , hypothetical megascale reaction for moving a star

Spacecraft Propulsion