session 6

Title: Electric Propulsion (2)
type: oral
Description: The sessions Electric Propulsion (1) and Electric Propulsion (2) are dedicated to all aspects of Electric Propulsion, including full systems, sub-systems and specific components. The sessions welcome manuscripts on all research and development areas: design, testing (including diagnostics and test facilities), analysis and calculations, modelling, applications, science and fundamentals.
Date: 2026-10-07
Time: 15:00
Room: E6

IPC members

Co-Chair: Dr. Djamal DARFILAL, Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KUST), United Arab Emirates;
Co-Chair: Dr. Lahib Balika, Thales Alenia Space, United Kingdom;
Rapporteur: Dr. Andrei Shumeiko, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russian Federation;
Rapporteur: Prof. Paolo Gessini, Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), Brazil;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	15:00	Implementation of a Thrust Calibration Device (TCD) on a Micro Thrust Measuring Scale for Satellites	10	confirmed	Mr. André Lyra	Univerisity of Brasilia	Brazil
2	15:10	Development of an in-house time-of-flight diagnostic for an impulsive metal plasma thruster	10	confirmed	Dr. James Saletes	Magdrive Ltd	United Kingdom
3	15:20	AMPSS-2: Development and In-Orbit Verification Preparation of a 70 W Class Micro Electric Propulsion System for Small Satellites	10	confirmed	Ms. Merve Balaban	Berlin Space Consortium GmbH	Germany
4	15:30	numerical and experimental characterization of an iodine-fed fluidic subsystem for electrodeless plasma thrusters	10	confirmed	Ms. Nouhayla Oamer	Université Internationale de Rabat	Morocco
5	15:40	Development of CIRA CRHET-250 Hall Thruster – Recent Test Activities	10	confirmed	Dr. Daniele Ricci	CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Center, Capua	Italy
6	15:50	Design, Modeling, and Experimental Validation of a Low-Power Water Resistojet Thruster for Small Satellite Propulsion Systems	10	confirmed	Mr. Ryan McPherson	Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)	Canada
7	16:00	Coupling Tests of a Modular 1 kW Power Processing Unit with Multiple Hall Effect Thrusters	10	confirmed	Dr. Jan Walter Schroeder	CisLunar Industries	United States
8	16:10	Radio frequency cathode for iodine electric propulsion	10	confirmed	Mr. Renwei Tan	University of Padua	Italy
9	16:20	Experimental Evaluation of Lifetime Extension Strategies for Gridded Ion Engines through Modified Propellant Compositions	10	confirmed	Dr. Pavel Smirnov	TransMIT GmbH	Germany
10	16:30	Analysis of the Applicability of Krypton as a Propellant for Miniaturized Electric Propulsion Systems	10	confirmed	Ms. Merve Balaban	Berlin Space Consortium GmbH	Germany
11	16:40	Magnetic Eddy Current Damper for a Micro Thrust Scale in Simple Pendulum Configuration	10	confirmed	Mr. André Lyra	Univerisity of Brasilia	Brazil
12	16:50	Evaluation of an Open-Source PIC Solver on One-Dimensional Plasma Flow Problems	10	confirmed	Ms. Fatma Tuğçe Yılmaz	Istanbul Technical University	Türkiye
13	17:00	DEEP - Decentralized Energy supplied Electric Propulsion - a degradation-free electric propulsion system for micro satellites	10	confirmed	Dr. Sebastian Geier	German Aerospace Center (DLR)	Germany
14	17:10	Development and in-flight status of low power electric propulsion system SPS-25	10		Dr. Bohdan Yurkov	Institute Of Technical Mechanics of National Academy Of Sciences Of Ukraine and State Space Agency Of Ukraine	Ukraine

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