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Imperial Plasma Propulsion Laboratory and Imperial College will host the 39th edition of the International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC) in London in 2025.

The Boltzmann Vacuum Chamber facility showing the main chamber and the auxiliary chamber

The Boltzmann Vacuum Chamber facility. Photo credit: Dave Guttridge

The WET-HET operating on oxygen at 500 W discharge power

ICE200 chemical micro-thruster hot firing test

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