Thrusters

Xenon Flow Controller for Stationary Plasma Thruster with a Discharge Power of up to 5 kW

• Purpose: Xenon Flow Controller provides the required propellant flow rate to the Stationary Plasma Thruster with a discharge power of up to 5-6 kW and distributes the propellant flow rate between the anode and cathode lines.
• Year of release: 1996
• Guaranteed service life (years): 16
• Estimated production / delivery time (months): 9
• Flight qualification of the product: Yes
• Brief history of flight qualification: As part of: SS/Loral’s S/C Airbus Defense & Space S/C.
• Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements: Yes

Consists of a flow regulator that regulates the total flow rate; anode and cathode restrictors that ensure the required distribution of the propellant flow rate. Propellant - xenon.

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).