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QUIZ – electric propulsion

GIESEPP MP QUIZ

Check your expertise in electric propulsion & learn new facts about Horizon 2020 project GIESEPP MP.

Watch the video and answer 12 questions.

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#1. What would be the two major aspects that guide the selection of an orbital propulsion system for one application?

#2. What is a typically completely different requirement of an EP system for a GEO platform compared to a LEO platform?

#3. What is today much more in focus of a modern propulsion system than it used to be in the past?

#4. What is the ratio between Full Electric, hybrid and Full Chemical propulsion in average for Starlink, One Web and Telesat constellations?

#5. What are the two main stages where electric propulsion are commonly used on S/C?

#6. What are the 5 main parameters to size the number of thrusters for a telecom S/C?

#7. What are the main advantages of RIT 2X compared to Hall Effect Thruster?

#8. Why do the cryopumps, in contrast to e.g. turbomolecular pumps, have to be switched off and warmed up at regular intervals during tests with radio-frequency ion thrusters?

#9. Which of the following plasma properties can be determined with the help of a near-field Faraday probe?

#10. Why do charge exchange processes play a key role in modelling grid erosion?

#11. What are the most relevant functions of a PPU in an EPS?

#12. From an industrialization point of view, what is the most critical aspect of a PPU?

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