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Snecma’s PPS 1350-E plasma thruster sets world record

Submit on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 22:55

The PPS 1350-E plasma thruster from Snecma (Safran) has completed a series of endurance tests totalling 6,700 hours of operation, for a total impulse of 3.4 million Newton-seconds (MNs), a world record for this type of thruster.

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