Electric Thruster for Spacecraft with Mass up to 3000 kg
Glavkosmos
An electric thruster designed for spacecraft up to 3000 kg, featuring high specific impulse and W-Ba emitter-based cathodes.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 6 kg
- Power
- 1,650 W
- Thrust
- 0.072 N
- Specific impulse
- 2,680 s
- Design life
- 15 years
- Lead time
- 12 months
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
- Purpose
- Propulsion system of spacecraft by mass up to 3000 kg.
- Year of release
- 2011
- Design life
- 15 (GSO) years
- Lead time
- 12 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- No
- Brief history of flight qualification
- Flight set was delivered to the customer.
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- Yes
- Thrust
- 72 mN
- Power
- 1.65 kW
- Specific impulse
- 2680 s
- Mass
- 6 kg
- Designed service life
- > 4000 hours
About
This electric thruster serves as a propulsion system for spacecraft with a mass of up to 3000 kg. Released in 2011, it boasts a guaranteed service life of 15 years for Geostationary Orbit (GSO) applications and a designed service life of over 4000 hours. The thruster is characterized by its high specific impulse and utilizes cathodes based on W-Ba emitters. While flight qualification is not yet achieved, a flight set has been delivered to a customer. The product can be adapted to meet specific customer requirements.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.