Electric Propulsion
Alta’s excellence in Electric Propulsion (EP) technologies is demonstrated by a long record of achievements:
- 1974: first European Pulsed Plasma Thruster
- 1980: first European quasi-steady Magneto-Plasma-Dynamic Thruster
- 1994: first European Hall Effect Thruster
- 1999: first integrated FEEP micro-thruster
- 2001: first European high power Hall Effect Thruster
- 2004: first European miniaturized Hall Effect Thruster
- 2005: largest European electric propulsion testing facility
With propulsion systems suited to a variety of missions - from interplanetary probes to low-cost microsatellites - Alta covers the broadest EP technology range among European companies. Alta’s researchers and engineers make up the largest and most experienced European R&D team working on EP, with know-how and capability in all EP application fields.
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