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[i]This is a series of test firings of the VASIMR VX-200 plasma rocket prototype. The rocket's 1st stage (a Helicon plasma source) was fired at 14 kW using a solid state RF amplifier, and argon gas as the propellant. The video is slowed down to half speed. The VX-200 is designed to use 30 kW for its first stage and 70 kW for its second stage (an ion cyclotron heating stage). The VX-200 is the precursor to the VF-200, a flight demonstration unit that is intended to fly on the International Space Station (ISS).[/i]
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