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The radio-frequency ion thruster (RIT) is a gridded ion accelerator which is used as an alternating electro-magnetic field for plasma production. It is suggested to use the 0-D analytical model based on energy and particles balance equations for RIT integral parameters estimation as well as for quick analysis of the influence of RIT design modification on thruster performance improvement. The numerical...