Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference (한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2008.03a
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- Pages.550-552
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- 2008
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- 1975-342X(pISSN)
Development of 10-mN Class Hall Thruster and Its Performance Optimization through Numerical Analysis
- Seon, Jong-Ho (Satrec Initiative) ;
- Park, Jae-Heung (Satrec Initiative) ;
- Lee, Jong-Sub (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
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Lim, Yu-Bong
(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
;
- Seo, Mi-Hui (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
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Choe, Won-Ho
(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
;
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Lee, Hae-June
(Pusan National University)
- Published : 2008.03.30
Abstract
A small hall thruster with a thrust of about 10 mN and a specific impulse of about 1500 s is being developed with an intent to control or maintain the orbits of small satellites. The total mass, consumed electric power and efficiency of the thruster are approximately 10 kg, 300W and 30%, respectively. The thruster system consists of a hall thruster with a cylindrical cross section, a power processing unit and a Xenon(Xe) gas feed system. Laboratory examination of the thruster performance finds that the thruster meets the design specification.