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[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And far more efficient than chemical propulsion.

[-] Bimfred@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

But exactly because of that, they don't have yeet. Long periods of low thrust are great for long duration missions, like satellites, stations and interplanetary probes, awful for a TLI burn.

[-] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 3 points 2 weeks ago

Also, is a bit more complicated to use in kerbal, because the manoeuvring node expects strong instantaneous impulse.

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