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Stationary Plasma Thruster with a Discharge Power of up to 25 kW

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Stationary Plasma Thruster with a Discharge Power of up to 25 kW

Thruster with a discharge power of up to 25 kW. Propellant - xenon. Development status – engineering model. 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 230 mm

Technical specifications

Discharge power
≤ 25000 W
Discharge voltage
≤ 800 V
Discharge current
(15-48) A
Thrust
≤ 1070 mN
Specific impulse
≤ 3200 s
Efficiency
≤ 60 %
Specific power
≤ 1000 W/kg
Power-to-thrust ratio
≤ 23 W/mN
Total impulse
≤ 38 MN∙s
Mass
25 kg

About

Thruster with a discharge power of up to 25 kW. Propellant – xenon. Development status – engineering model. 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 230 mm. Mean diameter of the accelerating channel is 200 mm. 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

No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.

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