Stationary Plasma Thruster with a Discharge Power of up to 6 kW

Purpose:
Spacecraft station keeping. Spacecraft orbit raising to GEO
Year of release: 2015
Guaranteed service life (years):
35000 hours 7000 cycles
Estimated production / delivery time (months): 12
Flight qualification of the product: No
Brief history of flight qualification: None
Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements: Yes


Parameter Value
Discharge power 4500/6000 W
Discharge voltage 300/600 V
Discharge current 15.0/10.0 A
Thrust 290/250 mN
Specific impulse 1850/2400 s
Efficiency 60%
Specific power 555/741 W/kg
Power-to-thrust ratio 15.5/24 W/mN
Total impulse > 20 MN∙s
Mass 8.1 kg

Description

Thruster with a discharge power of up to 6 kW. Propellant - xenon. Development status – laboratory model. Consists of the anode and cathode units. Classical scheme of the magnetic system with magnetic screens. Outside diameter of the accelerating
... Thruster with a discharge power of up to 6 kW.
Propellant - xenon.
Development status – laboratory model.
Consists of the anode and cathode units.
Classical scheme of the magnetic system with magnetic screens.
Outside diameter of the accelerating channel is 140 mm. Mean diameter of the accelerating channel is 120 mm.
New structural materials and components

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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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