Engineering:XIPS-25

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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.[1][2]

Specifications

Parameter Low Power High Power
Power Controller
Total Input Power (W) 2200 4500
Bus Input Voltage (V) 100 100
PPU efficiency (%) 92 94
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
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