BHT-6000 Hall Effect Thruster
Busek Co.
Mid-to-high power (2-6 kW) Hall effect thruster selected for NASA's Artemis Power and Propulsion Element (Lunar Gateway).
Technical specifications
- High Thrust Mode — Discharge Power
- 5,000 W
- High Thrust Mode — Voltage
- 300 V
- High Thrust Mode — Thrust
- 320 mN
- High Thrust Mode — Specific Impulse
- 2,029 s
- High Impulse Mode — Discharge Power
- 6,000 W
- High Impulse Mode — Voltage
- 600 V
- High Impulse Mode — Thrust
- 288 mN
- High Impulse Mode — Specific Impulse
- 2,600 s
- Propellants
- Xenon, Krypton, Iodine
- Predicted Total Impulse
- > 8.5 MN·s
- Program
- NASA Artemis PPE / Lunar Gateway (built by Maxar Technologies)
About
Busek’s BHT-6000 (2-6 kW) Hall effect thruster is provided for NASA’s Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), a 60-kilowatt solar electric propulsion spacecraft built by Maxar Technologies for the Lunar Gateway — the first US electric propulsion system on a human-rated mission. Featuring a highly efficient center-mounted cathode and a unique magnetic field design, the BHT-6000 exceeds 64% total efficiency at nominal conditions, making it suitable for high-power all-electric orbit raising, station-keeping, de-orbit, GEO communications, and solar electric space tug applications.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
