Center Innovation Fund: JPL CIF
Long-life High-Isp Hall Thruster Technology With Auxiliary Gas Injection, Year 1
Project Description
To design and test an auxiliary gas injection technique that reduces discharge oscillations and enables longer lifetimes for Hall Thrusters operating at high Isp.
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Anticipated Benefits
Lower 1/f noise will allow long integration times or frame averaging. This will improve the sensitivity (i.e., signal-to-noise ratio) of the instrument. The increase of VLWIR detector operating temperatures will reduce the size, weight and power (SWaP) of infrared imagers and spectrometers. This will broaden the application areas of these instruments, in particular for low cost CubeSats/SmallSat for Earth and planetary science missions.
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Primary U.S. Work Locations and Key Partners
| Organizations Performing Work | Role | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) | Lead Organization | FFRDC/UARC | Pasadena, California |
Glenn Research Center
(GRC)
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Supporting Organization | NASA Center | Cleveland, Ohio |
Primary U.S. Work Locations
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California
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