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Reconfiguration of NASA GRC's Vacuum Facility 6 for Testing of Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) HardwareThe NASA Hall Effect Rocket with Magnetic Shielding (HERMeS) 12.5 kW Hall thruster has been the subject of extensive technology maturation in preparation for development into a flight propulsion system. The HERMeS thruster is being developed and tested at NASA GRC and NASA JPL through support of the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) and is intended to be used as the electric propulsion system on the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) of the recently announced Deep Space Gateway (DSG). The Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) contract was awarded to Aerojet-Rocketdyne to develop the HERMeS system into a flight system for use by NASA. To address the hardware test needs of the AEPS project, NASA GRC launched an effort to reconfigure Vacuum Facility 6 (VF-6) for high-power electric propulsion testing including upgrades and reconfigurations necessary to conduct performance, plasma plume, and system level integration testing. Results of the verification and validation testing with HERMeS Technology Demonstration Unit (TDU)-1 and TDU-3 Hall thrusters are also included.
Document ID
20180001296
Acquisition Source
Glenn Research Center
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Peterson, Peter Y.
(Vantage Partners, LLC Cleveland, OH, United States)
Kamhawi, Hani
(NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Huang, Wensheng
(NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Yim, John T.
(NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Haag, Thomas W.
(NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Mackey, Jonathan A.
(NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
McVetta, Michael S.
(NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Sorrelle, Luke T.
(NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Tomsik, Thomas M.
(NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Gilligan, Ryan P.
(NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Herman, Daniel A.
(NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
February 20, 2018
Publication Date
February 1, 2018
Subject Category
Spacecraft Propulsion And Power
Report/Patent Number
GRC-E-DAA-TN48804
E-19445
IEPC-2017-028
NASA/TM-2018-219717
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Electric Propulsion Conference
Location: Atlanta, GA
Country: United States
Start Date: October 8, 2017
End Date: October 12, 2017
Sponsors: NASA Headquarters
Funding Number(s)
WBS: WBS 729200.01.03
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNC12BA01B
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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