A three-year program to develop a Direct Drive Hall Effect Thruster (D2HET) system began 15 months ago as part of the NASA Advanced Cross-Enterprise Technology Development initiative. The system is expected to reduce significantly the power processing, complexity, weight, and cost over conventional low-voltage systems. The D2HET will employ solar arrays that operate at voltages greater than 300V, and will be an enabling technology for affordable planetary exploration. It will also be a stepping-stone in the production of the next generation of power systems for Earth orbiting satellites. This paper provides a general overview of the program and reports the first year's findings from both theoretical and experimental components of the program.


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    Title :

    Development of a Direct Drive Hall Effect Thruster System


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    Hoskins, A. (author) / Ferguson, D. (author) / Snyder, D. (author) / King, D. Q. (author) / Ralph, E. L. (author) / Jongeward, G. A. (author) / Mikellides, I. G. (author) / Hovater, M. (author) / Carruth, M. R. (author) / Peterson, T. (author)

    Conference:

    Power Systems Conference ; 2002



    Publication date :

    2002-10-29




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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