XIPS-25
The XIPS-25, or 25-cm Xenon Ion Propulsion System, is a gridded ion thruster manufactured by L-3 Communications. XIPS-25 engine is used on Boeing 702 class satellites for station-keeping as well as orbit-raising.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aerospace.org/crosslinkmag/fall-2014/electric-propulsion-at-aerospace/|title=Electric Propulsion at Aerospace {{!}} The Aerospace Corporation|website=www.aerospace.org|access-date=2016-04-10}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/X/XIPS.html|title=XIPS (xenon-ion propulsion system)|website=www.daviddarling.info|access-date=2016-04-10}}
Specifications
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| Parameter
!Low Power !High Power |
|---|
| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"|Power Controller |
| Total Input Power (W)
|2200 |4500 |
| Bus Input Voltage (V)
|100 |100 |
| PPU efficiency (%)
|92 |94 |
| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"|Ion thruster |
| Total Input Power (W)
|2067 |4215 |
| Thrust (mN)
|79 |165 |
| Specific Impulse (s)
|3400 |3500 |
| Electrical Efficiency (%)
|87 |87 |
| Mass Utilization Efficiency (%)
|82 |84 |
| Beam Voltage (V)
|1215 |1215 |
| Beam Current (A)
|1.43 |3.01 |
| colspan="3" style="text-align: left;"|References: {{cite web|url=http://erps.spacegrant.org/uploads/images/images/iepc_articledownload_1988-2007/2009index/IEPC-2009-152.pdf|title=Evaluation of 25-cm XIPS© Thruster Life for Deep Space Mission Applications|access-date=17 May 2017}} {{cite web|url=http://erps.spacegrant.org/uploads/images/images/iepc_articledownload_1988-2007/2009index/IEPC-2009-161.pdf|title=The 25 cm XIPS© Life Test and Post-Test Analysis|access-date=10 April 2016}} |
References
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