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ERC Starting Grant · 2025

High-order moment models and multi-scale numerical methods for plasmas applied to electric propulsion

We are in the midst of a technological revolution characterized by the large demand for small satellites. These satellites are cheaper to launch and allow for forming constellations, impossible with larger satellites. As a result, they require propulsion systems in order to control their trajectories. Electric propulsion (EP) largely reduces the operational costs, using less propellant, precisely controlling thrust, and operating for long times. The response to the demand for EP is currently at stake because of two reasons: 1) Most of the thrusters operate with an expensive and scarce propellant gas, xenon, and 2) The development of the engines follows an empirical approach that is long and…

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