Sub-Kilowatt Electric Propulsion (SKEP) Project. [Game Changing Development Program]

Petters, Dean

关键词: ELECTRIC PROPULSION;    HALL THRUSTERS;    SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION;    XENON;    FEED SYSTEMS;    SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES;    PAYLOADS;    SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;    LAUNCH VEHICLES;    NASA SPACE PROGRAMS;   

RP-ID  :  POS-02667-0918,GRC-E-DAA-TN61473

学科分类：航空航天科学

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

Poster describing the Sub-Kilowatt Electric Propulsion (SKEP) project to develop a propulsion system (HET (Hall-Effect Thruster), PPU (Power Processing Unit - solar electric propulsion) and XFS (Xenon Feed System)) for ESPA ( Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter)-class spacecraft. Technology Goal: SKEPwilldevelopandqualifyalong-life,sub-kilowatt integratedpropulsionsystembased on recentadvances in Hall-Effect Thruster (HET) technologythatwill support explorationmissionsand enable high-valuescience and commercial applications within theconstraints of an ESPA-class spacecraft. Enable double to triple the delta-v propulsive capability currently available to secondary spacecraft, thus making ESPA-class spacecraft compelling for NASA exploration and science missions as well as many commercial applications.