Modified Stationary Plasma Thruster with a Discharge Power of up to 5 kW

    • Modified Stationary Plasma Thruster with a Discharge Power of up to 5 kW

    Purpose:
    Spacecraft station keeping.Spacecraft orbit raising to GEO.
    Year of release: 2007
    Guaranteed service life (years):
    20000 hours 7000 cycles
    Estimated production / delivery time (months): 12
    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
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    Parameter Value
    Discharge power 3000/4500 W
    Discharge voltage 375/300 V
    Discharge current 8.0/15.0 A
    Thrust 176/290 mN
    Specific impulse 1900/1770 s
    Efficiency 50/55%
    Specific power 370/556 W/kg
    Power-to-thrust ratio 17/15.5 W/mN
    Total impulse > 14 MN∙s
    Mass 8.1 kg

    Description

    Thruster with a discharge power of up to 5 kW. Propellant - xenon. Consists of the anode and cathode units. Classical scheme of the magnetic system with magnetic screens and eight external magnetic coils. Outside diameter of the accelerating channel is
    ... Thruster with a discharge power of up to 5 kW.
    Propellant - xenon.
    Consists of the anode and cathode units.
    Classical scheme of the magnetic system with magnetic screens and eight external magnetic coils.
    Outside diameter of the accelerating channel is 140 mm. Mean diameter of the accelerating channel is 120 mm.
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    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).

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