Transport
Magnetic Nozzle Thruster with Electron Cyclotron Resonance
Runtime: 1 June 2017 to 31 July 2020
Consortium: 7 partners; 4 from EU countries
Funding programme: H2020, grant agreement number 730028
Total budget: 1.49 M€
Coordinator: Onera / Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aeriospatiales (France)
Website: http://www.minotor-project.eu/
Project teaser
Acronym: MINOTOR
MINOTOR’s (completed 2020) strategic objective was to demonstrate the feasibility of the ECRA (Electron Cyclotron Resonance Accelerator) technology as a disruptive game-changer in electric propulsion.
The project represents a significant step in maturing the ECRA technology from TRL3 to TRL4/5 and will help assess its potential to improve European competitiveness, help develop low-cost satellite solutions for constellation management, including end-of-life propulsion, while paving the way for other future emerging electric propulsion technologies.