The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Electric Propulsion Space Experiment was launched and successfully operated on the Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite, demonstrating the compatibility and readiness of high-power electric propulsion. This flight was the culmination of an Air Force technology program to demonstrate the applicability of high-power electric propulsion for satellite applications. A brief history of the program is presented, followed by a description of the flight operations, which successfully demonstrated the critical system components, the arcjet, power processor, and propellant feed system, verifying the interoperability of high- power electric propulsion with satellite operations. The two anomalies experienced during on-orbit operations, and their proposed causes, are also described.


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    Titel :

    Review of the Electric Propulsion Space Experiment (ESEX) Program (Postprint)


    Beteiligte:
    D. R. Bromaghim (Autor:in) / J. R. LeDuc (Autor:in) / R. M. Salasovich (Autor:in) / G. G. Spanjers (Autor:in) / J. M. Fife (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2002


    Format / Umfang :

    9 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch