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ThrustMe, a company focused on creating breakthrough products for both space and Earth applications has showcased a new miniaturized electric propulsion system for small satellites.<\/p>\n
The NPT30-I2-1U from ThrustMe is a fully integrated propulsion system based on the gridded ion thruster technology. It has a modular design and includes the ion thruster, the PPU, the propellant storage, feed system as well as passive thermal management and intelligent operation control.<\/p>\n
The I2 version of the thruster uses a solid iodine propellant, which is delivered pre-filled and remains nonpressurized during launch. The use of iodine also avoids sloshing and provides extreme geometrical design flexibility to accommodate platform requirements.<\/p>\n
Embedded Intelligence<\/strong><\/p>\n The thruster features built-in self-tuning algorithms with an integrated thrust computer. The thrust can be continuously throttled and multiple customizable operating modes are supported. <\/p>\n Advanced Safety Features<\/strong><\/p>\n The NPT30-I2-1U has embedded fail-safe modes and redundancy includes cathodes and ignition systems. The thruster features a patented pipeless design to avoid clogging and uses non-pressurized solid propellant. An option of a radiation-hardened main controller is provided and an iodine-compatible sealing for safe storage<\/p>\n Performance <\/strong><\/p>\n The thruster produces a thrust in the range of 0.3 \u2013 1.1 mN and has a specific impulse of up to 2400 sec. It has a total impulse of up to 5500 sec and a total power of 35 \u2013 65 W. This thruster has a thrust vector accuracy of less than 1 degree and a form factor of 1U. It also comes in a 1.5U size.<\/p>\n Click here to learn about Electric Propulsion Thrusters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ThrustMe, a company focused on creating breakthrough products for both space and Earth applications has showcased a new miniaturized electric propulsion system for small satellites. The NPT30-I2-1U from ThrustMe is a fully integrated propulsion system based on the gridded ion thruster technology. It has a modular design and includes the ion thruster, the PPU, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[60,227,26,36],"class_list":["post-8661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-electric-propulsion-thrusters","tag-gridded-ion-thrusters","tag-ground","tag-thrusters"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}