Packan, DenisElias, Paul-QuentinJarrige, JulienMerino Martínez, MarioSánchez Villar, ÁlvaroAhedo Galilea, Eduardo AntonioPeyresoubes, G.Holste, K.Klar, P.Bekemans, M.Scalais, T.Bourguignon, E.Zurbach, S.Mares, M.Hoque, A.Favier, P.2018-11-222018-11-22201735th International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC), October 8-12, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 13 p.https://hdl.handle.net/10016/27733Electric propulsion has been identified by European actors as a strategic technology for improving competitiveness in different space areas such as in-space operations and transportation. The European Commission has set up the "In-space Electrical Propulsion and Station-Keeping" Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) in the "Horizon 2020" funding framework with the goal of enabling major advances in Electric Propulsion for in-space operations and transportation. In this framework, the MINOTOR project was funded to mature a potentially disruptive cathodeless electric propulsion technology, the Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) thruster. In recent years, the consortium leader ONERA has built up a large experience on ECR technology for electric propulsion, and the MINOTOR project will bring the expertise from three industrial partners (TMI, TAS-B and SAFRAN) and two university partners (UC3M and JLU) to take the next step.13application/pdfengMINOTOR projectH2020Electric propulsion technologyECR thrusterconference outputAeronáuticaopen accessCC/0000028213