An Overview of the T6 Gridded Ion Propulsion System Pre-Development Activities for Alpha-Bus

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Oct 2004

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Proceedings of the 4th International Spacecraft Propulsion Conference (ESA SP-555). 2-9 June, 2004, Chia Laguna (Cagliari), Sard

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This paper provides an overview of the Gridded Ion Propulsion System pre-development activities, partially funded by ESA, which QinetiQ and its partners are performing for the European AlphaBus programme. The system is based on the QinetiQ T6 Kaufman Ion Thruster, and includes the power processing units and flow control units that power and provide propellant to the thrusters. An overview of the T6 thruster technology and heritage is provided. This is followed by an overview of how the system hardware is being developed for this application, including how QinetiQ will maximise the benefit of common heritage with parallel T6 programmes, such as the Bepi-Colombo Technology Demonstration Activity.

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