I. Introduction all thrusters provide an attractive combination of thrust and specific impulse for
a variety of near-earth missions. In many cases these systems allow for significant …

RECENT mission studies [1, 2] have shown that a Hall thruster that operates at relatively
constant thrust efficiency (45–55%) over a broad power range (300 W–3 kW) is enabling for …

An overview of Hall thruster research and development tasks conducted by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration's John H. Glenn Research Center during fiscal year …

Currently in the United States there is increasing commercial and governmental interest in
Hall-effect thrusters for high power applications. Of the Hall-effect thrusters configurations …

I. Introduction all thrusters have provided station-keeping on Russian spacecraft for decades
and have more recently been demonstrated on Western geosynchronous (GEO) …

DRAG-FREE spacecraft are opening a number of possibilities for measurement-based
missions in the near future. In this context, the term “drag-free” refers to the continuous …

Abstract Space missions involving Hall Effect Thrusters are more and more common, and
designs of both Hall Effect Thrusters and low-thrust trajectories require more elaborated …

ABSTRACT NASA's Science Mission Directorate In-Space Propulsion Technology Program
is funding the development of a high voltage Hall accelerator to advance the current state-of …

The past two decades have seen an increasing interest in Hall thrusters in space propulsion,
thanks to their favorable performance characteristics with respect to a wide variety of …

Electric Propulsion has found widespread acceptance by commercial satellite providers for
on-orbit station keeping due to the total life cycle cost advantages these systems offer. NASA …