Bounded-impulse trajectory models are an important component of many spacecraft
trajectory preliminary design workflows. This paper includes discussions on practical …

This paper offers a user-centric consolidation and comparison of the full range of
government and commercial solar electric propulsion options available in the near term for …

Progress on the development of physics-based modeling tools aimed at predicting the
service life of Hall thrusters is discussed. Modifications of the wall sheath and electron …

The readiness of commercial Hall thruster technology is evaluated for near-term use on
competitively-award, cost-capped science missions like the NASA Discovery program …

Since 2006, JPL has investigated many different commercially-available electric thruster
systems for application to deep-space missions. The 4.5-kW SPT-140 Hall thruster system …

Preliminary design of low-thrust interplanetary missions is a highly complex process. The
mission designer must choose discrete parameters such as the number of flybys, the bodies …

OMMERCIAL electric propulsion systems are now being considered as a cost effective
solution for competitively awarded science missions such as the NASA Discovery and New …

To meet the propulsive requirements, cost constraints, and scientific objectives of NASA
deep-space missions, high-performance, low-cost electric propulsion (EP) options are …

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 thrusters are …

Abstract NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has conducted a study focused on the analysis of
appropriate margins for deep space missions using solar electric propulsion (SEP). The …