Stationary Plasma Thruster with a Discharge Power of up to 6 kW
Glavkosmos
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
Technical specifications
- 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
About
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 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.
