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High Throughput 600 Watt Hall Effect Thruster for Space Exploration

Author(s) -

James Szabo,

Bruce Pote,

Rachel Tedrake,

Surjeet Paintal,

Lawrence Byrne,

Vlad Hruby,

Hani Kamhawi,

Tim Smith

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

52nd aiaa/sae/asee joint propulsion conference

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.2514/6.2016-4830

Subject(s) - watt , throughput , electrical engineering , hall effect , space (punctuation) , aerospace engineering , computer science , physics , engineering , power (physics) , telecommunications , operating system , quantum mechanics , wireless , electrical resistivity and conductivity

A nominal 600-Watt Hall Effect Thruster was developed to propel unmanned space vehicles. Both xenon and iodine compatible versions were demonstrated. With xenon, peak measured thruster efficiency is 46-48% at 600-W, with specific impulse from 1400 s to 1700 s. Evolution of the thruster channel due to ion erosion was predicted through numerical models and calibrated with experimental measurements. Estimated xenon throughput is greater than 100 kg. The thruster is well sized for satellite station keeping and orbit maneuvering, either by itself or within a cluster.

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