ELECTRIC PROPULSION PROGRESS IN TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS

Based on a comprehensive investigation in electric propulsion development since 2000,the new progress of technologies and applications in electric propulsion field were summarized and reviewed. Space applications of electric propulsion were presented in details for station keeping and orbit transferring of GEO satellites,deep space spacecrafts,scientific observation and experiment missions. The developing products and their performances were introduced within different electric propulsion types of the ion,the hall,and the others. New electric propulsion technologies were mentioned briefly.