Arka Hall Effect Thruster Series
Bellatrix Aerospace
Family of Hall Effect Thrusters from 50 W to 5 kW for cubesats through large GEO platforms.
Technical specifications
- Arka 50 - Thrust
- 3 mN
- Arka 50 - Power
- 50 W
- Arka 50 - Specific impulse
- 860 s
- Arka 100 - Thrust
- 7 mN
- Arka 100 - Power
- 100 W
- Arka 100 - Specific impulse
- 1000 s
- Arka 200 - Thrust
- 13.2 mN
- Arka 200 - Power
- 200 W
- Arka 200 - Specific impulse
- 1300 s
- Arka 1500 - Thrust
- 86 mN
- Arka 1500 - Power
- 1.5 kW
- Arka 1500 - Specific impulse
- 1600 s
- Arka 5000 - Thrust
- 260 mN
- Arka 5000 - Power
- 5 kW
- Arka 5000 - Specific impulse
- 2000 s
About
Arka is Bellatrix Aerospace’s series of Hall Effect Thrusters (HETs), spanning 50 W to 5 kW of input power to serve everything from CubeSats to large geostationary platforms. Built on more than a decade of electric propulsion experience, the Arka line uses a novel design approach aimed at improving performance, operational life, cost, and weight compared to incumbent HET designs. The series includes five qualified variants: Arka 50, Arka 100, Arka 200, Arka 1500 and Arka 5000, offering thrust levels from single-digit millinewtons up to hundreds of millinewtons and specific impulse from 860 s to 2000 s. ARKA has been space-qualified aboard ISRO’s PSLV C-58 POEM-3 mission, where it flew with the world’s first heaterless hollow cathode demonstrated in orbit, reducing system complexity and improving reliability versus traditional heated cathodes.
Documentation
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