Hall-effect thruster

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:electromagnetic_catapult
space launch system
electric propulsion device
gptkbp:advantage high efficiency
no chemical propellant required
reusable infrastructure
low thrust
long operational life
controllable thrust
erosion of channel walls
requires high power supply
gptkbp:alternativeName propulsion_system
ion_thruster
mass_driver
gptkbp:alternativePropellant gptkb:argon
gptkb:krypton
bismuth
gptkbp:application space colonization
asteroid mining
lunar mining
gptkbp:category gptkb:satellite
aerospace engineering
plasma physics
electric propulsion
gptkbp:commonPropellant gptkb:xenon
gptkbp:component gptkb:battery
gptkb:train
Control System
anode
cathode
payload carriage
discharge channel
magnetic coil
power processing unit
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:effect up to 70%
gptkbp:emits plasma plume
gptkbp:fictionalAppearance gptkb:animated_television_series
video games
science fiction literature
gptkbp:firstFlight 1971
gptkbp:introducedIn gptkb:Meteor_satellite
gptkbp:limitation high energy consumption
requires long track for high velocity
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Edwin_Hall
gptkbp:operates ionizing propellant gas
gptkbp:patent gptkb:A._I._Morozov
gptkbp:principle gptkb:Hall_effect
gptkbp:produces ion beam
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Gerard_K._O'Neill
1970s
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:coilgun
gptkb:magnetoplasmadynamic_thruster
Hall-effect thruster
railgun
plasma propulsion
gptkbp:specificImpulseRange 1000–3000 seconds
gptkbp:thrust millinewtons to newtons
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkb:Roscosmos
gptkb:ESA
gptkb:ISRO
commercial satellites
gptkbp:usedFor launching payloads into space
moving materials on the Moon
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:usedOn gptkb:Dawn_spacecraft
gptkb:Starlink_satellites
gptkb:SMART-1
gptkb:AEHF_satellites
gptkbp:uses magnetometer
electric field
electromagnetic acceleration
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4