3rd Electric Propulsion Summer School (6-8 October 2026)
from
Tuesday, 6 October 2026 (09:00)
to
Thursday, 8 October 2026 (17:00)
Monday, 5 October 2026
Tuesday, 6 October 2026
09:00
Welcome and Introduction to EP Summer School 2026
-
Jamila Mansouri
(
ESA
)
Welcome and Introduction to EP Summer School 2026
Jamila Mansouri
(
ESA
)
09:00 - 09:15
Room: Tennis Hall
09:15
Introduction to Plasma Physics
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Laurent Garrigues
(
CNRS
)
Introduction to Plasma Physics
Laurent Garrigues
(
CNRS
)
09:15 - 10:10
Room: Tennis Hall
10:10
Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion
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Thomas Trottenberg
Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion
Thomas Trottenberg
10:10 - 10:55
Room: Tennis Hall
10:55
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:55 - 11:20
Room: Tennis Hall
11:20
Hall-Effect Thrusters
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Laurent Garrigues
(
Université de Toulouse - Laplace
)
Hall-Effect Thrusters
Laurent Garrigues
(
Université de Toulouse - Laplace
)
11:20 - 12:20
Room: Tennis Hall
12:20
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:20 - 13:20
Room: Tennis Hall
13:20
Gridded Ion Thruster
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Cheryl Collyngwood
(
ESA
)
Gridded Ion Thruster
Cheryl Collyngwood
(
ESA
)
13:20 - 14:20
Room: Tennis Hall
14:20
FEEP and Electrospray Thrusters
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David Krejci
(
ENPULSION
)
FEEP and Electrospray Thrusters
David Krejci
(
ENPULSION
)
14:20 - 15:20
Room: Tennis Hall
15:20
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:20 - 15:50
Room: Tennis Hall
15:50
Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion
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Eduard Bosch Borras
Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion
Eduard Bosch Borras
15:50 - 16:50
Room: Tennis Hall
16:50
Networking event - Cocktail at ESTEC
16:50 - 18:50
Room: Tennis Hall
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
09:00
Electric Propulsion Testing and Facilities
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Tennis Hall
10:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Tennis Hall
10:30
Electric Propulsion Diagnostics Systems - probes and analysis
10:30 - 12:30
Room: Tennis Hall
12:30
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Tennis Hall
13:30
EP Numerical Simulations
13:30 - 15:30
Room: Tennis Hall
15:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Tennis Hall
16:00
Development and Qualification of Electric Propulsion Systems
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Tennis Hall
18:30
Dinner Event
18:30 - 21:30
Thursday, 8 October 2026
09:30
Electric Propulsion for CubeSats
09:30 - 10:30
Room: Tennis Hall
10:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Tennis Hall
11:00
Visit to the ESA Propulsion Laboratory
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Tennis Hall
12:30
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Tennis Hall
13:30
Electric Propulsion in Europe
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Tennis Hall
15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Tennis Hall
15:30
Closing of the event
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Tennis Hall