Low Power Stationary Plasma Thruster with 70 mm Diameter of the Accelerating Channel
Glavkosmos
A low-power stationary plasma thruster designed for spacecraft position keeping, utilizing xenon propellant and featuring a classical magnetic system.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 1.5 kg
- Power
- 669 W
- Thrust
- 0.039 N
- Specific impulse
- 1,470 s
- Total impulse
- 0.49 N·s
- Design life
- 0.354 years
- Lead time
- 10 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
- Spacecraft position keeping.
- Year of release
- 1980
- Design life
- 3100 hours 3000 cycles years
- Lead time
- 10 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- Yes
- Brief history of flight qualification
- As part of the thrust module (see item 6).
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- Yes
- Discharge power
- 669 W
- Discharge voltage
- 300 V
- Discharge current
- 2.23 A
- Thrust
- 39 mN
- Specific impulse
- 1470 s
- Efficiency
- 43%
- Specific power
- 446 W/kg
- Power-to-thrust ratio
- 17.2 W/mN
- Total impulse
- > 0.49 MN∙s
- Mass
- 1.5 kg
About
This Low Power Stationary Plasma Thruster is specifically designed for spacecraft position keeping. It operates using xenon as a propellant and consists of both anode and cathode units. The thruster incorporates a classical magnetic system with magnetic screens and four external magnetic coils. The outside diameter of its accelerating channel is 70 mm, with a mean diameter of 55 mm. The product was released in 1980 and boasts a guaranteed service life of 3100 hours and 3000 cycles. It has flight qualification as part of a thrust module, and there is a possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements. The estimated production/delivery time is 10 months, not including the time needed to procure materials (4 months) and procured parts and components (6 months).
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.