# Thruster

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**Thruster** may refer to:

## Propulsion devices

A **thruster** is a [propulsive device](/source/Spacecraft_propulsion) used by [spacecraft](/source/Spacecraft) and [watercraft](/source/Watercraft) for [station keeping](/source/Orbital_station-keeping), [attitude control](/source/Attitude_dynamics_and_control), in the [reaction control system](/source/Reaction_control_system), or long-duration, low-thrust acceleration.

- [Reaction engine](/source/Reaction_engine)

### Spacecraft thrusters

Main article: [Spacecraft propulsion](/source/Spacecraft_propulsion)

- [Rocket engine](/source/Rocket_engine), using exothermic chemical reactions of the propellant(s)
- [Electrohydrodynamic thruster](/source/Electrohydrodynamic_thruster), using ionized air (only for use in an atmosphere)
- [Electrostatic ion thruster](/source/Electrostatic_ion_thruster), using high-voltage electrodes
- [Ion thruster](/source/Ion_thruster), using beams of ions accelerated electrically
- [Hall-effect thruster](/source/Hall-effect_thruster), a type of ion thruster
- [Pulsed inductive thruster](/source/Pulsed_inductive_thruster), a pulsed form of ion thruster
- [Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster](/source/Magnetoplasmadynamic_thruster), electric propulsion using the Lorentz force
- [Electrodeless plasma thruster](/source/Electrodeless_plasma_thruster), electric propulsion using ponderomotive force
- [Pulsed plasma thruster](/source/Pulsed_plasma_thruster), using current arced across a solid propellant
- [Plasma thruster](/source/Plasma_thruster)

### Marine thrusters

- [Azimuth thruster](/source/Azimuth_thruster), pod underneath a ship, instead of a propeller and rudder
- [Bow thruster](/source/Bow_thruster), or [stern thruster](/source/Stern_thruster), at the bow or the stern of a ship or boat
- [Rim-driven thruster](/source/Rim-driven_thruster), electric motor and propeller combined in single unit
- Underwater Thrusters, electric motor or hydraulic motor and propeller combined in single unit to propel the [ROV](/source/Remotely_operated_underwater_vehicle), [AUV](/source/Autonomous_underwater_vehicle) or [UUV](/source/Unmanned_underwater_vehicle)

## Transportation

- [Thruster (surfing)](/source/Thruster_(surfing)) is a surfboard fin design
- [Shkadov thruster](/source/Shkadov_thruster), hypothetical megascale reaction for moving a star

### Vehicles

- [Avio Delta Thruster](/source/Avio_Delta_Thruster), a Bulgarian ultralight trike design
- [Thruster T600 Sprint](/source/Thruster_T600_Sprint), a British ultralight aircraft

## Others

- [Hurrying](/source/Hurrying), also called 'coal thrusting', a 19th-century profession
- [Big Mother Thruster](/source/Big_Mother_Thruster), hard rock band
- [Thruster (exercise)](/source/Thruster_(exercise)), a combination of a front squat and a push press ([crossfit](/source/Crossfit))

## See also

- [Thrust (disambiguation)](/source/Thrust_(disambiguation))

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