Patent ID: 8733079

Claim:
A plasmic or ionic jet space electric thruster (I to V) for a spacecraft, comprising a tubular shell provided with a jet generator for generating said jet and with a jet accelerator for accelerating said jet, wherein: said plasmic or ionic jet space electric thruster comprises a tubular part (G 1 to G 3 ) provided with the jet generator and at least one tubular part (A 1 to A 4 ) provided with the jet accelerator having a jet outlet side (P); said tubular parts (G 1 to G 3 and A 1 to A 4 ) are arranged one after the other; and the ends opposite said tubular parts are connected to each other by a joint (H 1 , H 2 , H 1 G, H 1 D) allowing the part provided with the jet accelerator to rotate with respect to said part provided with the jet generator, wherein the jet outlet side (P) of said tubular part (A 1 to A 4 ) provided with the jet accelerator is tilted with respect to said axis (L-L) of the rotation joint.