NASA is continuing to invest in advancing Hall thruster technologies for implementation in commercial and government missions. The most recent focus has been on increasing the power level for large-scale exploration applications. However, there has also been a similar push to examine applications of electric propulsion for small spacecraft in the range of 300 kg or less. There have been several recent iodine Hall propulsion system development activities performed by the team of the NASA Glenn Research Center, the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and Busek Co. Inc. In particular, the work focused on qualification of the Busek 200-W BHT-200-I and development of the 600-W BHT-600-I systems. This paper discusses the current status of iodine Hall propulsion system developments along with supporting technology development efforts.


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    Title :

    Overview of NASA Iodine Hall Thruster Propulsion System Development


    Contributors:
    T. D. Smith (author) / H. Kamhawi (author) / T. Hickman (author) / T. Haag (author) / J. Dankanich (author) / K. Polzin (author) / L. Byrne (author) / J. Szabo (author)

    Publication date :

    2016


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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