Xenon Flow Controller for Stationary Plasma Thruster with a Discharge Power of up to 5 kW
Glavkosmos
The Xenon Flow Controller provides and distributes the required xenon propellant flow rate to Stationary Plasma Thrusters with a discharge power of up to 5-6 kW.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 0.32 kg
- Design life
- 16 years
- Lead time
- 9 months
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As published by the supplier
- Year of release
- 1996
- Design life
- 16 years
- Lead time
- 9 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- Yes
- Brief history of flight qualification
- As part of: SS/Loral’s S/C Airbus Defense & Space S/C.
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- Yes
- Flow rate regulation range
- (7.0 - 20.0) mg/s
- Mass
- 0.32 kg
About
The Xenon Flow Controller is designed to supply and regulate the propellant flow rate for Stationary Plasma Thrusters with a discharge power of up to 5-6 kW. It precisely distributes the propellant flow between the anode and cathode lines of the thruster. The system consists of a flow regulator, which manages the total flow rate, and anode and cathode restrictors that ensure the correct distribution of the xenon propellant. The product was released in 1996 and has a guaranteed service life of 16 years. It has flight heritage, having been qualified as part of SS/Loral’s S/C and Airbus Defense & Space S/C. The manufacturer offers the possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements. The estimated production and delivery time is 9 months, not including the time for material procurement (4 months) and procured parts and components (6 months).
Documentation
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