Metal Composite Xenon Tank XT-200
200-litre flight-proven metal-composite xenon tank (350 kg Xe, 28 kg, 15.5-year lifetime) for GEO electric propulsion orbit-raising.
Technical specifications
- Purpose
- Xenon storage for apogee electric propulsion units in GTO-to-GEO orbit-raising
- Year of release
- 2015
- Guaranteed service life
- 19 years
- Estimated production/delivery time
- 12 months
- Flight qualification
- Flight-qualified
- Customization
- Can be adapted to customer requirements
- Volume
- 200 l
- Xenon mass capacity
- 350 kg
- Operating pressure
- 90 kgf/cm²
- Burst pressure
- More than 250 kgf/cm²
- Tank mass
- 28 kg
- Mass efficiency coefficient (mt/mx)
- 0.08
- Active lifetime
- 15.5 years
- TRL
- 9 (flight-proven)
About
The Metal Composite Xenon Tank XT-200 is a 200-litre metal-composite pressure vessel designed for apogee electric propulsion engine units that raise spacecraft from geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) to geostationary orbit (GEO). It stores up to 350 kg of xenon at a 90 kgf/cm² operating pressure with a burst pressure above 250 kgf/cm². With a tank mass of only 28 kg the efficiency coefficient (mt/mx) is 0.08. Released in 2015 with a 12-month delivery time and a 15.5-year active lifetime. Flight-qualified and adaptable to customer requirements.
Documentation
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