Mass savings domain of plasma propulsion for LEO to GEO transfer

Physics & Astronomy

• plasma propulsion 100%
• low Earth orbits 73%
• costs 35%
• payloads 27%
• magnetoplasmadynamics 20%
• chemical propulsion 20%
• magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters 19%
• high thrust 18%
• geosynchronous orbits 17%
• Earth orbits 15%
• spacecraft 10%
• trends 8%
• requirements 8%
• optimization 7%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Plasmas 54%
• Propulsion 53%
• Earth (planet) 24%
• Costs 22%
• Orbital transfer 20%
• Spacecraft 13%
• Orbits 13%
• Satellites 11%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• savings 58%
• plasma 46%
• cost 20%
• chemical 9%
• spacecraft 9%
• thrust 8%
• loss 5%
• trend 4%