NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) project is developing next generation ion propulsion technologies to provide future NASA science missions with enhanced mission performance benefit at a low total development cost. The objective of the NEXT project is to advance next generation ion propulsion technology by producing engineering model and prototype model system components, validating these through qualification-level and integrated system testing, and ensuring preparedness for transitioning to flight system development. This paper describes the NEXT ion propulsion system development status, characteristics and performance. A review of mission analyses results conducted to date using the NEXT system is also provided.


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    Title :

    NEXT Ion Propulsion System Development Status and Performance


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2008


    Size :

    25 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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