PPS-1350

Two Snecma PPS 1350 at the Paris Air Show 2007

PPS-1350 is a Hall-effect thruster, a kind of ion propulsion system for spacecraft. It was used in the SMART-1 mission to the moon. It creates a stream of electrically charged xenon ions accelerated by an electric field and confined by a magnetic field.[1] The PPS-1350 is built by Snecma, a French aerospace firm, in cooperation with Fakel, who designed the SPT-100, on which the PPS 1350 is based.[2]

Specifications

Parameter Value
Power (nominal) (W) 1500
Thrust (mN) 90
Thrust-to-power level (mN/kW) 60
Specific impulse (s) 1,660
Total impulse delivered (N.s) 3.4×106
Number of cycles 7300
Discharge current (A) 4.28
Efficiency (%) 55
Supply voltage (V) 350
Xenon supply pressure (bar) 2.50 2.80
Mass (including 2 Xe flow control systems) (kg) 5.30
Reference: [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "PPS-1350 STATIONARY PLASMA THRUSTER" (PDF). Snecma. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. "PPS1350 web page". Safran (Snecma).
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