Ignition of the AURA RF gridded ion thruster in a vacuum chamber at NewOrbit in Reading, UK.

Propellant: air

Thruster info: https://neworbit.space/aura

Video source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/neworbit-space_neworbit-air-acceleration-activity-7022270795854852096-8Keg?utm

Ignition of the RIT-2X RF gridded ion thruster in a vacuum chamber at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.

Propellant: xenon

Thruster info: https://gieseppmp.eu/about-project/

Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0I77HlzwRc

Ignition of a RF gridded ion thruster in a vacuum chamber.

More info: https://orbitt.space/

Video source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ugcPost-7461046812259487744-apkI/?

Ignition of four NPT30-I2 gridded ion thrusters in a vacuum chamber. 

Propellant: iodine (produces a yellow plasma)

Thruster info: https://www.thrustme.fr/products/npt30-i2

Video source: https://x.com/StarfishSpace/status/1960371665323409763/video/1

Ignition of the T6 Gridded Ion Thruster in a vacuum chamber.

Thruster info: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150008918

Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCcyCTY2g3Q

Gimble Test of Four T6 Gridded Ion Thrusters on BepiColombo’s Mercury Transfer Module. Using gimbles from Beyond Gravity.

(20x speed)

Thruster info: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150008918

Gimble info: https://www.beyondgravity.com/en/satellites/mechanical-solutions/mechanisms/electrical-propulsion-pointing-mechanisms

Video source: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2017/07/Mercury_Transfer_Module_electric_propulsion_thruster_steering_test