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Iodine Electric Propulsion System Tested in Space

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Tom Patton
Nov 30, 2021
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An iodine electric propulsion system has been successfully tested in space for the first time. French thruster company ThrustMe recently successfully tested an iodine-fueled electric propulsion system in space, and the results have been published in the scientific journals, Nature.

“ThrustMe is pioneering the use of iodine within the space industry.”

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