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Correction Unit (CU) based on Stationary Plasma Thruster with a Nominal Discharge Power of 1350 W and XFC Unit

  • Purpose: Spacecraft station keeping. Spacecraft orbit raising to GEO
  • Year of release: 1995
  • Guaranteed service life (years): 9000 hours 5000 cycles
  • Estimated production / delivery time (months): 10
  • Flight qualification of the product: Yes
  • Brief history of flight qualification: As part of: S/C of Cosmos series; SS/Loral’s S/C.
  • Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements: Yes
ParameterValue
Discharge power1350 W
Discharge voltage300 V
Discharge current4.5 A
Thrust83 mN
Specific impulse1600 s
Efficiency45%
Specific power208 W/kg
Power-to-thrust ratio16.3 W/mN
Total impulse> 2.6 MN∙s
Mass6.5 kg

Consists of two units: Stationary Plasma Thruster with a nominal discharge power of 1350 W and Xenon Flow Controller Unit (XFC Unit). 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).