i love 3000s specific impulse and 10 kW power
Vast's 10 kW Hall thruster firing in a vacuum chamber. Designed for Vast satellites and future space stations, our in-house electric propulsion system builds on @NASAJPL's H10 heritage and has demonstrated >3,000 s specific impulse and 1–10 kW operation. http://vastspace.com/satellites
Users praise Vast's in-house 10 kW Hall thruster for satellites as a smart full-stack approach that could cut costs and succeed like SpaceX.
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The @vast team is continuing to make progress building an in house full spacecraft stack to enable high power, high performance and low cost satellites and space stations.
Vast's 10 kW Hall thruster firing in a vacuum chamber. Designed for Vast satellites and future space stations, our in-house electric propulsion system builds on @NASAJPL's H10 heritage and has demonstrated >3,000 s specific impulse and 1–10 kW operation. http://vastspace.com/satellites
@maxhaot @vast What is the thrust of the 10kW unit?
@maxhaot @vast In-house full stack is how you win this game. SpaceX proved it with Falcon. If Vast nails the cost side with electric propulsion, this could get really interesting.