High Performance Hall System Info for AIAA Short Course to be Taught by Roger Myers of Primex

Abstract

The United States Air Force's Air Force Research Laboratory is supporting the development and ground demonstration of a 4.5 kW class Hall Effect Thruster propulsion system under the Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology (IHPRPT) program. Flight derivatives of this system will be applicable to orbit raising, station-keeping, and maneuvering applications. The High Performance Hall System (HPHS) program, a four-year effort begun in September 1997, is projected to meet the Phase I IHPRPT spacecraft goal of improving total impulse over wet mass by 20%. The jointly funded government/industry effort includes the qualification of a flight-like thruster and power processing unit, and an integrated system demonstration. The contractor team is lead by Atlantic Research Corporation and includes International Space Technology Incorporated Space Systems/Loral, and Engineering Design Bureau/Fakel.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 08, 1998
Accession Number
ADA410592

Entities

People

  • Keith Mcfall

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptance Tests
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Demonstrations
  • Engineering
  • Hall Effect
  • Hall Thrusters
  • Integrated Systems
  • Military Research
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Thrusters
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster