Bread Board Model of a few KW class electrical power subsystem is being developed for the Electric Propulsion Experiment (EPEX), which is a space experiment program for quasi-steady MPD thruster system. EPEX is planned to be tested on a Japanese free flying platform, which is planned to be operational in the 1990's. 106 cycles endurance test which was carried out from Dec. 1985 to Jan. 1986 with 1 kW class pulse forming network (PFN) using improved plastic film capacitors of reduced weight. The test was accomplished in a vacuum chamber with arc discharges. The BBM PFN was designed and manufactured with the results of the 106 endurance test, and 107 endurance test is planned from Oct. 1987.
Development of the electrical power subsystem for the electric propulsion experiment onboard the space flyer unit (SFU)
Entwicklung des elektrischen Untersystems zur Energiegewinnung fuer das Elektroantriebsexperiment an Bord der Space Flyer Unit (SFU)
AIAA-Papers ; May ; 1-7
1987
7 Seiten, 12 Bilder, 6 Tabellen, 8 Quellen
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