Abstract

Development of Hall thrusters for nano, small and low power satellites below 100 W is expected. In lowering Hall thruster power, the cylindrical type Hall thruster is more advantage than conventional coaxial-type Hall thrusters. In this study, a very low power cylindrical Hall thruster for nano-satellite “PROITERES-3” under development in Osaka Institute of Technology was designed, and the thruster performance was measured. As a result, a stable operation was achieved even with 10 W. The anode specific impulse and the anode thrust efficiency were 1570 s and 18.1%, respectively, with 66 W. Also, the discharge current oscillation was lower compared with that of SPT-type Hall thruster.

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