SPT-140 High Performance Hall System (HPHS) Development

Abstract

The status of the Atlantic Research Corporation's Air Force Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology (IHPRPT) Performance Hall System (HPHS) contract to develop a 4.5 kW Hall effect thruster system is presented. The SPT-140 system heritage is described, and the members of the HPHS SPT-140 team are introduced. The objective of the Air Force contract are presented, and the SPT-140 system that has been designed to meet those objectives is described. To meet the IHPRPT goals, the magnetic system has been redesigned to improve thruster efficiency and life requirements. This and other accomplishments in the design and qualification of the SPT-140 system are presented along with the future milestones for the contract. The HPHs SPT-140 system will provide government and commercial customers an ideal propulsion system for a wide variety of LEO, GEO, and exploratory missions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 10, 1998
Accession Number
ADA410741

Entities

People

  • C. Clauss
  • Mackenzie Day
  • N. Maslennikov
  • P. Stuckey
  • V. Murashko

Organizations

  • ARCO

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Applied Mechanics
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Hall Effect
  • Hall Thrusters
  • Life Tests
  • Magnet Coils
  • Manufacturing
  • Payload
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Thrusters

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster