2017 Volume 25 Issue 2 Pages 85-88
A 200 W class Hall thruster has been developed for the small satellites main propulsion. In order to overcome the degradation owing to the miniaturization, it has a unique magnetic field configuration, similar to “magnetic shielding”. The thrust performance was measured using a pendulum thrust stand. The thrust, thrust to power ratio, thrust efficiency is achieved to 13.1 mN,56 mN/kW and 0.36, respectively at discharge voltage of 300 V, xenon mass flow rate of 1.0 mg/s. The obtained thrust performance is comparable to the other 200 W class thruster.
