Low Power Stationary Plasma Thruster
Glavkosmos
Plasma thruster. Propellant - xenon. Consists of the anode and cathode units. With hollow cathode. Development status – engineering model. Mean diameter of the accelerating channel is 34 mm. New structural materials and components. Manufacturing lead time is given without taking into account the tim
Technical specifications
- Discharge power
- 200/250 W
- Discharge voltage
- 200/250 V
- Discharge current
- 1.0 A
- Thrust
- 11.9/14.9 mN
- Specific impulse
- 1000/1200 s
- Efficiency
- 29/35%
- Specific power
- 181.8/227.3W/kg
- Power-to-thrust ratio
- 16.8 W/mN
- Total impulse
- > 0.04/0.05 MN∙s
- Mass
- 1.1 kg
About
Plasma thruster. Propellant – xenon. Consists of the anode and cathode units. With hollow cathode. Development status – engineering model. Mean diameter of the accelerating channel is 34 mm. New structural materials and components. Manufacturing lead time is given without taking into account the time needed to procure materials (4 months) and procured parts and components (6 months).
Documentation
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