PPS-1350

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Two Snecma PPS 1350 at the Paris Air Show 2007
Two Snecma PPS 1350 at the Paris Air Show 2007

PPS-1350 is a Hall effect thruster, a kind of ion propulsion system for spacecraft. It was used in the SMART-1 mission to the moon. It creates a stream of electrically charged ions. The PPS-1350 was created by Snecma, a French aerospace firm.

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