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HiPEP test
High Power Electric Propulsion (HiPEP) is a variation of ion thruster for use in nuclear electric propulsion applications.[1][2][3] It was ground-tested in 2003 by NASA and was intended for use on the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter, which was canceled in 2005.
^The Glenn Research Center. NASA.
^HIGH POWER ELECTRIC PROPULSION PROGRAM (HiPEP). Glenn Research Center - NASA. 22 December 2008.
^"The High Power Electric Propulsion (HiPEP) Ion Thruster NASA/TM—2004-213194 AIAA–2004–3812"..
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