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Hall Current Thruster
The Hall Curent Thruster (HCT) is a plasma thruster operating on gaseous
xenon propellant. Its performance of 1500-1800 seconds of specific impulse
and 50% efficiency make it nearly idea for many earth orbital propulsion
requirements including North-South stationkeeping and orbit insertion maneuvers.
