Electric Thruster for Spacecraft with Mass up to 500 kg
Glavkosmos
An electric thruster designed for spacecraft up to 500 kg, offering high efficiency at low power.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 2 kg
- Power
- 350 W
- Thrust
- 0.018 N
- Specific impulse
- 1,450 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 500 kg.
- Year of release
- 2004
- Design life
- 15 (GSO) years
- Lead time
- 12 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- Yes
- Brief history of flight qualification
- Flight testds on SC GSAT-9 (launched on 13.05.2017). Thruster was used by purpose.
- Thrust
- 18 mN
- Power
- 0.35 kW
- Specific impulse
- 1450 s
- Mass
- 2 kg
- Designed service life
- > 3500 hours
About
This electric thruster serves as a propulsion system for spacecraft with a mass of up to 500 kg. Released in 2004, it boasts a guaranteed service life of 15 years for Geostationary Orbit (GSO) applications. The product has undergone flight qualification, with flight tests conducted on the SC GSAT-9, launched on May 13, 2017, where the thruster was used as intended. It is characterized by its high efficiency at low power consumption. The estimated production and delivery time is 12 months.
Documentation
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