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6 kW Hall thruster in operation at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In spacecraft propulsion, a Hall-effect thruster (HET) is a type of ion thruster in which the propellant is accelerated by an electric field. Hall-effect thrusters (based on the discovery by Edwin Hall) are sometimes referred to as Hall thrusters or Hall-current thrusters.
SPT-140 is a solar-powered Hall-effect ion thruster, part of the SPT-family of thrusters. SPT stands for Stationary Plasma Thruster . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Like other members of the SPT series, it creates a stream of electrically charged xenon ions accelerated by an electric field and confined by a magnetic field.
Busek has also developed Hall thrusters that operate on iodine, [10] [11] bismuth, [12] [13] carbon dioxide, [14] magnesium, [15] zinc, [16] and other substances. An iodine fueled 200 W Busek Hall thruster will fly on NASA's iSat (Iodine Satellite) mission. Busek is also preparing a 600 Watt iodine Hall thruster system for future Discovery ...
Hall effect thruster: BHT-200: Xenon: USAF: Busek: Experimental Satellite KazSat-2: 16 Jul 2011: Hall effect thruster: 8: SPT-70: Xenon: JSC KazSat: OKB Fakel: Communications satellite based on Khrunichev Yachta bus Fobos-Grunt: 9 Nov 2011: 15 Jan 2012: Hall effect thruster: 3: SPT-140: Xenon: Roskosmos: OKB Fakel: Failed to reach intended ...
The three main components of the AEPS propulsion engine are: a Hall-effect thruster, Power Processor Unit (PPU), and the Xenon Flow Controller (XFC). The thrusters are throttleable over an input power range of 6.67 – 40 kW with input voltages ranging from 95 to 140 V. [ 1 ] The estimated xenon propellant mass for the Lunar Gateway would be ...
PPS-1350 is a Hall-effect thruster, a kind of ion propulsion system for spacecraft. It was used in the SMART-1 mission to the moon and one geostationary satellites: Inmarsat-4A F4. [1] [2] It creates a stream of electrically charged xenon ions accelerated by an electric field and confined by a magnetic field. [3]
Psyche is the first interplanetary mission to use Hall-effect thrusters, although not the first to use electric thrusters in general. [ 42 ] The SPT-140 (SPT stands for Stationary Plasma Thruster ) is a production line commercial propulsion system [ 3 ] that was invented in the USSR by OKB Fakel and developed by NASA's Glenn Research Center ...
VENμS Hall effect thruster. In addition to its scientific mission, the satellite has a technological mission. The satellite is equipped with Israeli hall effect thrusters (IHET). [3] The mission is to demonstrate the thrusters' enhanced capabilities and autonomous mission operations which include: [10] Orbit maintenance; LEO to LEO orbit transfer