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Modified Low Power Stationary Plasma Thruster with 70 mm Diameter of the Accelerating Channel

  • Purpose: Spacecraft (S/C) station keeping.
  • Year of release: 2015
  • Guaranteed service life (years): 7000 hours 7000 cycles
  • 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 power660 W
Discharge voltage300 V
Discharge current2.2 A
Thrust40 mN
Specific impulse1500 s
Efficiency48%
Specific power275 W/kg
Power-to-thrust ratio16.5 W/mN
Total impulse> 1 MN∙s
Mass2.4 kg

In terms of discharge power it has been forced up to 1250 W.
Propellant - xenon.
Consists of the anode and cathode units.
Classical scheme of the magnetic system of armored type with magnetic screens.
Outside diameter of the accelerating channel is 70 mm. Mean diameter of the accelerating channel is 55 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).