Hall effect thrusters

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Electric propulsion device
gptkbp:advantage High efficiency
Complex power electronics
Long operational life
Low propellant consumption
Low thrust
Magnetic field erosion
gptkbp:alternativeTo Chemical rockets
Ion thrusters
gptkbp:category Electric propulsion
Plasma propulsion
Spacecraft propulsion
gptkbp:component Magnetic field
Plasma
Anode
Cathode
Discharge channel
gptkbp:firstFlight 1971
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hall effect thrusters
gptkbp:introducedIn gptkb:Meteor_satellite
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Soviet_Union
1960s
gptkbp:notableModel BPT-4000
HET-300
SPT-100
TAL (Thruster with Anode Layer)
Xenon Hall Thruster
gptkbp:principle gptkb:Hall_effect
Electromagnetic acceleration
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Krypton
gptkb:Xenon
gptkbp:relatedTo Electromagnetic thrusters
Electrostatic thrusters
Ion thrusters
Magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters
Plasma engines
gptkbp:specificImpulseVacuum 1000–3000 seconds
gptkbp:thrust millinewtons to newtons
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkb:SpaceX
gptkb:Boeing
gptkb:Roscosmos
gptkb:ESA
gptkb:ISRO
gptkbp:usedIn Spacecraft propulsion
gptkbp:usedOn communications satellites
Earth observation satellites
deep space missions
interplanetary probes
station-keeping
orbit raising
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:PEPL_(Plasmadynamics_and_Electric_Propulsion_Laboratory)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7