Name: 3rd Electric Propulsion Summer School (6-8 October 2026)
Start: 2026-10-06T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-08T17:00:00+02:00
Location: ESTEC

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 Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion and Plasma Physics - Stéphane Mazouffre (CNRS)
Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion and Plasma Physics
- Stéphane Mazouffre (CNRS)
09:15 - 10:45
Room: Tennis Hall
10:45 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: Tennis Hall
11:15 Hall-Effect Thrusters - Laurent Garrigues (Université de Toulouse - Laplace)
Hall-Effect Thrusters
- Laurent Garrigues (Université de Toulouse - Laplace)
11:15 - 12:15
Room: Tennis Hall
12:15 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:15 - 13:15
Room: Tennis Hall
13:15 Gridded Ion Thruster - Cheryl Collyngwood (ESA)
Gridded Ion Thruster
- Cheryl Collyngwood (ESA)
13:15 - 14:15
Room: Tennis Hall
14:15 FEEP and Electrospray Thrusters - David Krejci (ENPULSION)
FEEP and Electrospray Thrusters
- David Krejci (ENPULSION)
14:15 - 15:15
Room: Tennis Hall
15:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:15 - 15:45
Room: Tennis Hall
15:45 Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion - Eduard Bosch Borras
Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion
- Eduard Bosch Borras
15:45 - 16:45
Room: Tennis Hall
16:45 Networking event - Cocktail at ESTEC

16:45 - 18:45
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

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