TRINITY ABE Air Breathing Thruster
Blue Orbit Space Systems
Air-breathing electric thruster of the TRINITY series for VLEO operation at 180-250 km: under 20 mN thrust, up to 2000 s Isp.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 2.5 kg
- Power
- 800 W
- Largest dimension
- 115 mm
- Thrust
- 2.5 N
- Specific impulse
- 2,000 s
- Total impulse
- 1,500 N·s
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Propellant
- Argon, Nitrogen
- Mass (incl. thruster and cathode)
- 2.5 kg
- Dimensions
- 90 x 85 x 115 mm
- Nominal input power
- 800 - 1200 W
- Operational power range
- 1500 W
- Thrust
- < 20 mN
- Specific impulse
- < 2000 s
- Efficiency
- < 60%
- Life
- < 3000 hours
- Total impulse
- < 1500 kN-s
- Nominal flow rate
- 2-4 mg/s
- On/off cycles
- 5000
- Altitude
- 180-250 km (VLEO)
About
The TRINITY ABE is the air breathing thruster of Blue Orbit Space Systems’ TRINITY series, designed for very low Earth orbit operation.
It runs on argon or nitrogen propellant and delivers under 20 mN of thrust at up to 2000 seconds specific impulse, with efficiency below 60%, a total impulse below 1500 kN-s over a life of up to 3000 hours and 5000 on/off cycles. The operating altitude band is 180-250 km (VLEO).
The quoted mass of 2.5 kg includes both the thruster and the cathode.
Documentation
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