XIPS-25 - Wikipedia
The XIPS-25, or 25-cm Xenon Ion Propulsion System, is a gridded ion thruster manufactured by L-3 Communications. XIPS-25 engine is used on Boeing 702 class satellites for station-keeping as well as orbit-raising.
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Extensive modeling of the XIPS thruster grid wear has been performed using an upgraded version of JPL’s CEX-2D code to determine the throughput capabilities of the thruster based on grid life. The CEX code has been benchmarked against the NSTAR LDT and ELT life tests and the observed accel-grid erosion in the 25-cm XIPS life test.
Total efficiency of the 25-cm XIPS thruster and PPU and the
The 25-cm Xenon Ion Propulsion System (XIPS ©) thruster has been used for station keeping on Boeing 702 class satellites for nearly 10 years now, and 68 of these...
The XIPS 25-cm thrusters are designed to operate in two modes; a 4.5 kW \high power" mode with an Isp of 3500 s for orbit raising and a \low power" mode at 2.3 kW and an Isp of 3400 s for station-keeping, attitude control and momentum dumping.
XIPS© Ion Thrusters for Small Satellite Applications
2013年3月14日 · It consists of four 13 cm xenon ion thrusters and two power processors in a fully redundant configuration to provide north-south station-keeping, momentum dumping and eccentricity control. The first 601HP satellite with electric propulsion system was …
The XIPS ion thruster uses a third molybdenum decelerator grid (“decel grid”), in addition to screen and accel molybdenum grids. To predict the long-term life and performance of the XIPS thruster, we must understand how
Xenon ion sources for space applications (invited)
1990年1月1日 · Using a ring‐cusp magnetic field to confine the discharge plasma, the XIPS thruster converts input power into thrust‐beam power with an efficiency of over 82%. We also describe a XIPS ion source under development for more …
Performance Evaluation of the XIPS 25-cm Thruster for
2006年7月9日 · The 25-cm Xenon Ion Propulsion System (XIPS ©) thruster has been used for station keeping on Boeing 702 class satellites for nearly 10 years now, and 68 of...
Performance Evaluation of the XIPS 25-cm Thruster for …
2012年6月18日 · Precision Feedback Control Design of Miniature Microwave Discharge Ion Thruster for Space Gravitational Wave Detection