Electrically Powered Cruise Engine
High-power sustainer Hall thruster (520 mN, 10.5 kW, Isp 2580 s, 11.8 kg) for spacecraft transportation missions.
Technical specifications
- Purpose
- High-power transportation propulsion for spacecraft
- Year of release
- 2018
- Guaranteed service life (GEO)
- 15 years
- Estimated production/delivery time
- 12 months
- Flight qualification
- Engineering model stage
- Customization
- Can be adapted to customer requirements
- Thruster type
- Hall-effect, sustainer
- Thrust
- 520 mN
- Power
- 10.5 kW
- Specific impulse
- 2580 s
- Mass
- 11.8 kg
- Designed service life
- More than 10,000 hours
- TRL
- 5-6
About
The Electrically Powered Cruise Engine is a sustainer Hall-effect thruster designed for transportation tasks of spacecraft in high-power propulsion systems. It delivers 520 mN thrust at 10.5 kW power consumption with a specific impulse of 2580 s, and is rated for more than 10,000 hours of operation. Released in 2018, currently at engineering model stage with a 15-year GEO service life. Mass is 11.8 kg. Adaptable to customer requirements.
Documentation
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