rootbrowseIAC-16C4session 44. Electric PropulsionPapers1. KEYNOTE: Beamed Energy Propulsion for future space launchers2. Electrical Propulsion Application in China3. ELECTRIC PROPULSION IN GERMANY: STATUS OF THE HEMP SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT, PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE LIFETIME TEST4. Electric Propulsion activities in Airbus DS 20165. Application of pyrolytic graphite grids for a 20 mN ion thruster6. Development of a 10kW prototype ion thruster7. Micro-propulsion based on vacuum arcs: Accessible technologies for CubeSat missions8. PPS®1350-E development status9. effect of magnetic field configuration and anode configuration on 5 kw class anode layer type hall thruster10. Experimental research of radio-frequency ion thruster11. Resistojet design for solid iodine propellant12. Discharge and physical characteristics of an ablative liquid-fed pulsed plasma thruster for small satellites13. DEVELOPMENT OF A HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP TEST FACILITY USED FOR CHARACTERIZING THE NEW PULSED PLASMA THRUSTER PETRUS14. Operating the alternative propellant iodine in radio frequency ion thrusters