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Researchers successfully tested a prototype 12.5-kW Hall thruster with magnetic shielding in 2015, allowing it to operate continuously for years — a capability critical for deep-space exploration missions.
NASA awarded a contract in 2016 for a flight-capable SEP system, which includes a power processing unit, a Hall thruster, and a xenon flow controller, to demonstrate the technology during spaceflight and eventually be utilized on operational vehicles to help NASA achieve its space mission.
The Solar Electric Propulsion project will demonstrate important technologies for solar electric transportation systems for robotic and human exploration, as well as extremely efficient orbit transfer caps.
Energy is delivered into extremely fuel-efficient thrusters using SEP technology to produce moderate but constant push throughout the journey. Electrostatic Hall thrusters with improved magnetic shielding are used in the SEP project, which eliminates the need for traditional chemical propellant provided by a standard rocket engine.
The thruster uses a magnetic field to create and trap electrons, which are then used to ionize the onboard propellant — in this case, the inert gas xenon — into a plasma exhaust plume that propels the spaceship forward. To boost thrust, several Hall thrusters can be combined. A device capable of accelerating xenon ions to speeds of over 65,000 mph will provide enough force to produce.