Arka Hall Effect Thruster Series
Bellatrix Aerospace
Family of Hall Effect Thrusters from 50 W to 5 kW for cubesats through large GEO platforms.
Typed specifications15 values
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- Thrust
- 3 mN product page 7 mN | 13.2 mN | 86 mN | 260 mN
- Specific impulse
- 860 s product page 1 000 s | 1 300 s | 1 600 s | 2 000 s
- Power consumption
- 50 W product page 100 W | 200 W | 1.5 W | 5 W
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As published by the supplier15 lines, in the manufacturer's own wording
- 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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