| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 16, 2017
11th European Space Power Conference
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| Article Number | 18011 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Power Management & Distribution Posters | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20171618011 | |
| Published online | 23 May 2017 | |
Power Processing Unit Activities in Airbus DS Space Equipments
1 Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS Crisa), Torres Quevedo 9, 28760 Tres Cantos, Spain
2 Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS GmbH), Claude-Dornier-Str. 88090 Immenstaad, Germany
3 Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS SAS), Rocade Jean Moulin, Elancourt France
Email: Fernando.Pinto@airbus.com
Email: Javier.Palencia@airbus.com
Email: Nicoletta.Wagner@airbus.com
Email: Guillaume.Glorieux@airbus.com
This paper presents the Power Processing Units in Airbus DS Space Equipment.
Electric propulsion has (EP) become a reality in the commercial market, and therefore is not anymore a niche market for earth observation and/or deep space missions. Major players worldwide for Commercial satellite manufacturers are targeting in their current programs, electric satellites solutions for orbit raising (OR) and station keeping (SK) maneuvers. Several EP technologies are competing against each other, in particular Hall Effect Thruster (HET), Gridded Ion Engine (GIE) technology (including Kaufmann and Radio Frequency technologies) and High Efficiency Multistage Plasma (HEMP). The main two parameters used to trade-off the main EP technologies are Thrust/Power ratio and Specific Impulse (ISP). Currently the market is mainly thrust driven, and therefore the dominant technology is HET. HET is the most efficient technology for the Thrust/Power ratio parameter.
Airbus DS Space Equipment include in our portfolio PPU solutions for high Thrust ratio and high ISP solutions.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017
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