Electrically Powered Cruise Engine
Glavkosmos
An electrically powered cruise engine designed for spacecraft, offering 520 mN of thrust and a specific impulse of 2580 seconds.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 11.8 kg
- Power
- 10,500 W
- Thrust
- 0.52 N
- Specific impulse
- 2,580 s
- Design life
- 15 years
- Lead time
- 12 months
- TRL
- 6
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
- Transportation tasks
- Year of release
- 2018
- Design life
- 15 (GSO) years
- Lead time
- 12 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- No
- Brief history of flight qualification
- Engineering model
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- Yes
- Thrust
- 520 mN
- Power
- 10.5 kW
- Specific impulse
- 2580 s
- Mass
- 11.8 kg
- Designed service life
- > 10000 hours
About
The Electrically Powered Cruise Engine is a sustainer power thruster for spacecraft, intended for transportation tasks. Released in 2018, it boasts a guaranteed service life of 15 years in Geostationary Orbit (GSO) and a designed service life of over 10,000 hours. The estimated production and delivery time is 12 months. While the product does not yet have flight qualification, an engineering model has been developed. The manufacturer offers the possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements. Key specifications include a thrust of 520 mN, power consumption of 10.5 kW, a specific impulse of 2580 seconds, and a mass of 11.8 kg.
Documentation
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