タイトル | An Overview of the VHITAL Program: A Two-Stage Bismuth Fed Very High Specific Impulse Thruster with Anode Layer |
著者(英) | Polzin, Kurt; Tverdokhlebov, Oleg; Sengupta, Anita; Semenkin, Sasha; Boyd, Ian; Marrese-Reading, Colleen; Scharfe, David; Capelli, Mark; Yalin, Azer; Tverdokhlebov, Sergey; Markusic, Tom; Keidar, Michael |
著者所属(英) | Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. |
発行日 | 2005-10-31 |
言語 | eng |
内容記述 | The Very High Isp Thruster with Anode Layer (VHITAL) is a two stage Hall thruster program that is a part of NASA's Prometheus Program in NASA's New Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD). It is a potentially viable low-cost alternative to ion engines for near-term NEP applications with the growth potential to support mid-term and far-term NEP missions... This paper will present an overview of the thruster fabrication, pre-existing TAL 160 demonstration, feed system development, lifetime assessment, contamination assessment, and mission study activities performed to date. |
NASA分類 | Spacecraft Propulsion and Power |
レポートNO | IEPC-2005-238 |
権利 | Copyright |
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