The AEPS contract was awarded to AR in May of 2016 with the goal of developing a 12.5kW Hall Thruster System, including the Hall Current Thruster (HCT), Power Processor Unit (PPU) and Xenon Flow Controller (XFC). It was originally targeted to support the Asteroid Redirect Mission, which was cancelled early in the project. The project was subsequently restructured to support the Gateway PPE propulsion mission, with modified scope that consisted of the development, qualification and delivery of three 12kW flight thrusters. The PPU and XFC components were designed and development hardware fabricated with initial testing performed prior to being de-scoped from the contract. System level testing was performed by AR using these engineering components in early 2022 at the Aerospace Corporation’s EP-3 test facility.


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    Title :

    12-kW Advanced Electric Propulsion System Hall Current Thruster Qualification and Production Status


    Contributors:
    R. Shastry (author) / H. Kamhawi (author) / J. D. Frieman (author) / G. C. Soulas (author) / T. G. Gray (author) / T. R. Verhey (author) / C. D. Kachele (author) / G. J. Williams (author) / N. A. Simmons (author) / R. B. Lobbia (author)

    Publication date :

    2024


    Size :

    20 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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