An annular colloid thruster was continuously operated for 1023 hours. Performance was stable with no sparking and negligible drain currents observed. An average thrust of 25.1 micropounds and an average specific impulse of 1160 seconds were obtained at an accelerating voltage of 15 k he thruster exhaust beam was continuously neutralized using electrons and electrostatic vectoring was demonstrated periodically. The only clear trend with time was an increase in specific impulse during the last third of the test period. From these results the thruster lifetime was estimated to be over an order of magnitude greater than the test duration.


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    Title :

    Duration test of an annular colloid thruster.


    Contributors:
    Perel, J. (author) / Mahoney, J. F. (author) / Daley, H. L. (author)

    Conference:

    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Electric Propulsion Conference ; 1972 ; Bethesda, MD


    Publication date :

    1972-04-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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