Electric propulsion systems based on commercial ion and Hall thrusters have the potential for significantly reducing the cost and schedule-risk of Ion Propulsion Systems (IPS) for deep space missions. The large fleet of geosynchronous communication satellites that use solar electric propulsion (SEP), which will approach 40 satellites by year-end, demonstrates the significant level of technical maturity and spaceflight heritage achieved by the commercial IPS systems. A program to delta-qualify XIPS(R) ion thrusters for deep space missions is underway at JPL. This program includes modeling of the thruster grid and cathode life, environmental testing of a 25-centimeter electromagnetic (EM) thruster over DAWN-like vibe and temperature profiles, and wear testing of the thruster cathodes to demonstrate the life and benchmark the model results. This paper will present the delta-qualification status of the XIPS thruster and discuss the life and reliability with respect to known failure mechanisms.


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    Titel :

    Qualification of Commercial XIPS(R) Ion Thrusters for NASA Deep Space Missions


    Beteiligte:
    Goebel, Dan M. (Autor:in) / Polk, James E. (Autor:in) / Wirz, Richard E. (Autor:in) / Snyder, J.Steven (Autor:in) / Mikellides, Ioannis G. (Autor:in) / Katz, Ira (Autor:in) / Anderson, John (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit 2008 ; 2008 ; Hartford, CT, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2008-07-21


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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