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VASIMR completes record 88-hour high power endurance test

Submit on Sunday, July 25th, 2021 20:58

Ad Astra Rocket Company’s VASIMR VX-200SS Plasma Rocket has completed 88 hours of continuous operation at 80 kW at the company’s Texas laboratory near Houston. In doing so, the company establishes a new high-power world endurance record in electric propulsion.

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