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Development and Testing of a 4500 Watt Flight Type Hall Thruster and Cathode

Kristi de Grys, Nicole Meckel, George Callis, Doug Greisen, Andrew Hoskins, D. KING, Fred Wilson, Lance Werthman, Vadim Khayms, Lockheed Martin

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* Presented as Paper IEPC-01-011 at the 27 International Electric Propulsion Conference, Pasadena, CA, 15-19 October, 2001. † Copyright  2001 by General Dynamics Space Propulsion Systems. Published by the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society with permission. A flight design BPT-4000 Hall thruster has been completed and two engineering model thrusters built and tested. The thruster development effort is part of a Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) and General Dynamics Space Propulsion Systems (GD-SPS) funded program to develop a Hall Thruster Propulsion System (HTPS) for use on geosynchronous satellites. The thruster is a high performance, dual-mode capable design enabling both a high thrust/power and a high specific impulse.

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* Presented as Paper IEPC-01-011 at the 27 International Electric Propulsion Conference, Pasadena, CA, 15-19 October, 2001. † Copyright  2001 by General Dynamics Space Propulsion Systems. Published by the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society with permission. A flight design BPT-4000 Hall thruster has been completed and two engineering model thrusters built and tested. The thruster development effort is part of a Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) and General Dynamics Space Propulsion Systems (GD-SPS) funded program to develop a Hall Thruster Propulsion System (HTPS) for use on geosynchronous satellites. The thruster is a high performance, dual-mode capable design enabling both a high thrust/power and a high specific impulse.

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* Presented as Paper IEPC-01-011 at the 27 International Electric Propulsion Conference, Pasadena, CA, 15-19 October, 2001. † Copyright  2001 by General Dynamics Space Propulsion Systems. Published by the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society with permission. A flight design BPT-4000 Hall thruster has been completed and two engineering model thrusters built and tested. The thruster development effort is part of a Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) and General Dynamics Space Propulsion Systems (GD-SPS) funded program to develop a Hall Thruster Propulsion System (HTPS) for use on geosynchronous satellites. The thruster is a high performance, dual-mode capable design enabling both a high thrust/power and a high specific impulse.

Key concepts: Propulsion, Specific impulse, Spacecraft propulsion, Electrically powered spacecraft propulsion, Aerospace engineering, Ion thruster, Laser propulsion, Thrust

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