Busek BHT-6000 Hall Effect Thruster
Busek Co.
High-power 2-6kW Hall effect thruster selected for NASA Artemis Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), >64% total efficiency, 320mN thrust.
Technical specifications
- High Thrust Mode Power
- 5,000 W
- High Thrust Mode Voltage
- 300 V
- High Thrust Mode Thrust
- 320 mN
- High Thrust Mode Isp
- 2,029 s
- High Impulse Mode Power
- 6,000 W
- High Impulse Mode Voltage
- 600 V
- High Impulse Mode Thrust
- 288 mN
- High Impulse Mode Isp
- 2,600 s
- Propellants
- Xenon, Krypton, Iodine
- Predicted Total Impulse
- > 8.5 MN·s
- Program
- NASA Artemis PPE (Lunar Gateway)
About
The Busek BHT-6000 is a high-performance, long-life Hall thruster for mid-to-high power applications, selected by NASA for the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) of the Artemis program’s Lunar Gateway — the first U.S. electric propulsion system on a human-rated mission. Features a highly efficient center-mounted cathode design and a unique magnetic field design, with total efficiency exceeding 64% at nominal operating conditions. Applications include Lunar Gateway, GEO communications spacecraft, and solar electric space tugs.
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