This powerful new rocket engine could help launch new generation of satellites into space

Pulsar Fusion says there is a growing demand for larger, more powerful in-space propulsion systems as global launch services continue to expand.

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00:26 So a firing rocket will launch you from the ground.

00:29 We call it a terrestrial rocket propulsion system.

00:32 Chemical rocket will blast you up into orbit.

00:35 And once in the vacuum of space, if you

00:38 were to continue using a rocket engine,

00:41 you would very quickly run out of fuel.

00:43 And it would be very expensive to send another ship up there

00:46 to refuel you.

00:47 So you need a very efficient propulsion system.

00:51 Also want a fast one, because space is enormous.

00:54 Electric propulsion is the perfect system for this.

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01:13 The reason that they're so hard to make on Earth

01:16 is because if you imagine you have to test them in a vacuum,

01:20 so you have to pump out all the air.

01:23 And if these engines are actually firing,

01:26 the bigger they get, the more gas they fire,

01:28 you've got to keep up with that.

01:30 So as the gas is being pumped out of the engine,

01:32 your vacuum machines have got to be

01:33 able to keep up with the engine.

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