But to travel from low-Earth orbit (LEO) to farther orbits—or even the Moon—requires a different kind of ion thruster capable ...

A new article in the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society examines ... Earth's escape velocity is 11.2 km/s (kilometers per second), which is more than 40,000 km/h. The escape velocity ...

These vehicles rely on propulsion systems that generate immense thrust to overcome Earth's gravitational pull and achieve the necessary velocity for orbital insertion or interplanetary travel.

The detection of equivalent interplanetary Type II and III events is the goal ... where the Alfvén speed drops below the velocity of the CME, but the associated Type II burst would then be at ...