Xenon Flow Controller for Low Power Plasma Thruster with 50 mm Diameter of the Accelerating Channel
Glavkosmos
A Xenon Flow Controller designed to provide and distribute propellant flow to low-power stationary plasma thrusters with a 50 mm accelerating channel diameter.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 0.32 kg
- Design life
- 10 years
- Lead time
- 9 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
- Design life
- 10 years
- Lead time
- 9 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- Yes
- Brief history of flight qualification
- As part of: Meteor-1-27 S/C (launched on 15.05.76); S/C of Kanopus-B series (launched on 22.07.12, 01.02.18, 27.12.18); BKA (launched on 22.07.12); Kanopus-B-IK (launched on 05.07.17); S/C of Cosmos series.
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- Yes
- Flow rate regulation range
- (0.5 - 2.5) mg/s
- Mass
- 0.32 kg
About
The Xenon Flow Controller is engineered to supply the necessary propellant flow rate to Low Power Stationary Plasma Thrusters featuring a 50 mm diameter accelerating channel. It also efficiently distributes the propellant flow between the anode and cathode lines of the thruster. The system consists of a flow regulator responsible for managing the total flow rate, and anode and cathode restrictors that ensure the precise distribution of the propellant. Xenon is used as the propellant. The product has a guaranteed service life of 10 years and has undergone flight qualification. It has heritage from various space missions, including Meteor-1-27 S/C, Kanopus-B series (launched on 22.07.12, 01.02.18, 27.12.18), BKA (launched on 22.07.12), Kanopus-B-IK (launched on 05.07.17), and S/C of Cosmos series. The manufacturer offers the possibility to adapt the product to specific customer requirements.
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