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Low Power Stationary Plasma Thruster

  • Purpose: Spacecraft (S/C) station keeping.
  • Year of release: 2009
  • Guaranteed service life (years): 1000 hours 2000 включений
  • Estimated production / delivery time (months): 10
  • Flight qualification of the product: No
  • Brief history of flight qualification: None
  • Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements: Yes
ParameterValue
Discharge power200/250 W
Discharge voltage200/250 V
Discharge current1.0 A
Thrust11.9/14.9 mN
Specific impulse1000/1200 s
Efficiency29/35%
Specific power181.8/227.3W/kg
Power-to-thrust ratio16.8 W/mN
Total impulse> 0.04/0.05 MN∙s
Mass1.1 kg

Plasma thruster. Propellant - xenon. Consists of the anode and cathode units. With hollow cathode. Development status – engineering model. Mean diameter of the accelerating channel is 34 mm. New structural materials and components.

Remark

Manufacturing lead time is given without taking into account the time needed to procure materials (4 months) and procured parts and components (6 months).