Publikationsdatum:
2019-07-13
Beschreibung:
The performance of an 8-cm ion thruster has been extended to 32-mN thrust, 4062-s specific impulse, and 0.033-mN/W thrust-to-power ratio. The design of this thruster is similar to the IAPS (Ion Auxiliary Propulsion System), which has a performance of 5-mN thrust, 3500-s specific impulse, and 0.036-mN/W thrust-to-power ratio. The above level of extended performance has been achieved by increasing the discharge power, ion-beam accelerating voltage, and propellant flowrate, and by modifying the propellant-vapor injection, discharge-chamber magnetic-field strength, high-voltage insulators, and electron baffle. This paper describes results obtained in characterizing the extended-performance operation of both the unmodified thruster (i.e., in an IAPS-like configuration) and the modified thruster. Lifetime-estimating measurements for the modified thruster at extended-performance conditions are also presented.
Schlagwort(e):
SPACECRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
Materialart:
AIAA PAPER 82-1955
,
Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, and DGLR, International Electric Propulsion Conference; Nov 17, 1982 - Nov 19, 1982; New Orleans, LA
Format:
text
Permalink