Metal Composite Xenon Tank XT-350
Glavkosmos
The Metal Composite Xenon Tank XT-350 is a flight-qualified, metal-composite tank designed to store xenon for electric propulsion systems on spacecraft, enabling orbit raising maneuvers.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 570 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
- Purpose
- In apogee electric propulsion engine units to provide spacecraft orbit raising from geostationary transfer orbit to geostationary orbit.
- Year of release
- 2012
- Design life
- 19 years
- Lead time
- 12 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- Yes
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- Yes
- Volume
- 350 l
- Xenon mass (mx)
- up to 570 kg
- Operating pressure
- 110 kgf/cm2
- Burst pressure
- more than 250 kgf/cm2
- Tank mass (mt)
- 43.5 kg
- Efficiency coefficient (mt/mx)
- 0.076
- Active lifetime
- 15.5 years
About
The Metal Composite Xenon Tank XT-350 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). The product was released in 2012 and boasts a guaranteed service life of 19 years. It is flight qualified and can be adapted to meet specific customer requirements. The tank is constructed from a metal-composite material. Key specifications include a volume of 350 liters, capacity to hold up to 570 kg of xenon, an operating pressure of 110 kgf/cm2, and a burst pressure exceeding 250 kgf/cm2. The tank itself weighs 43.5 kg, resulting in an efficiency coefficient (tank mass to xenon mass) of 0.076. It has an active lifetime of 15.5 years.
Documentation
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