[AR] Re: SNECMA hall effect plasma thruster PPS-5000

  • From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:43:56 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 15 Feb 2016, David Weinshenker wrote:

It seems like the Hall thruster is a more practical design...
given that the Russians have apparently been using them (and willing
to license out the idea) for a fairly long time, the relatively slow
adoption for Western space projects seems a little surprising. Why is
something like the SNECMA PPS-5000 only just now coming onto the market
as a production item?

Because it's a second-generation product. As John noted, Loral has been using Russian-derived Hall thrusters for comsat stationkeeping for quite a while now.

Henry

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