Ion thruster

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/ion-thruster

Step 2 · Questions

1. 1. What is the exhaust velocity range?

2. 2. What is the specific impulse (isp) range?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

• Electric Propulsion

• Coulomb Force

• Lorentz Force

• Delta-v

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.