Metal Composite Xenon Tank XT-200
Glavkosmos
The Metal Composite Xenon Tank XT-200 is a high-pressure storage vessel designed for xenon propellant in electric propulsion systems, enabling spacecraft orbit raising.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 350 kg
- Design life
- 19 years
- Lead time
- 12 months
- TRL
- 9
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
- Year of release
- 2015
- Design life
- 19 years
- Lead time
- 12 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- Yes
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- Yes
- Volume
- 200 l
- Xenon mass (mx)
- 350 kg
- Operating pressure
- 90 kgf/cm2
- Burst pressure
- more than 250 kgf/cm2
- Tank mass (mt)
- 28 kg
- Efficiency coefficient (mt/mx)
- 0.08
- Active lifetime
- 15.5 years
About
The Metal Composite Xenon Tank XT-200 is specifically designed for use in apogee electric propulsion engine units. Its primary purpose is to provide the necessary xenon propellant to facilitate spacecraft orbit raising from geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) to geostationary orbit (GEO). This tank was released in 2015 and boasts a guaranteed service life of 19 years, with an active lifetime of 15.5 years. It is flight qualified and can be adapted to meet specific customer requirements. The tank is constructed from metal-composite materials, ensuring its durability and performance in space environments. Key specifications include a volume of 200 liters, capacity for 350 kg of xenon, an operating pressure of 90 kgf/cm2, and a burst pressure exceeding 250 kgf/cm2. The tank itself has a mass of 28 kg, resulting in an efficiency coefficient (tank mass to xenon mass ratio) of 0.08.
Documentation
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