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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... electric propulsion (EP) encompasses a broad variety of strategies for achieving very high exhaust velocities in order to reduce the total propellant burden and corresponding launch mass of present and future space transportation systems. These techniques group broadly into three categories: electrothermal propulsion, wherein the propellant is electrically heated, then expanded thermodynamically through a nozzle; electrostatic propulsion, wherein ionized propellant particles are accelerated through an electric field; and electromagnetic propulsion, wherein current driven through a propellant plasma interacts with an internal or external magnetic field to provide a stream-wise body force.  2, record 1, English, - electrostatic%20propulsion

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Mode de propulsion électrique dans lequel l'agent propulsif est accéléré par un champ électrique.  2, record 1, French, - propulsion%20%C3%A9lectrostatique

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish