Abstract
Vacuum Arc Thrusters (VAT) have been shown to work over a wide range of operating parameters with a constant, overall system efficiency approaching 10%. The combination of vacuum arc thruster heads with an inductive energy storage (IES) power processing unit (PPU) offers system mass and reliability advantages due to the elimination of energy storage capacitors and high voltages. New geometries and a feed mechanism have been developed to utilize these characteristics for high delta-V missions with constant performance.
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