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Thrusters

PEPL RMFv2 – 5kW Rotating Magnetic Field Thruster

PEPL RMFv2 – 5kW Rotating Magnetic Field Thruster

33-kW Nested Channel Magnetically-Shielded Hall Thruster (N30)

33-kW Nested Channel Magnetically-Shielded Hall Thruster (N30)

9-kW Magnetically-Shielded Hall Thruster (H9)

9-kW Magnetically-Shielded Hall Thruster (H9)

CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster (CAT)

CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster (CAT)

X3 – Nested Channel Hall Thruster

X3 – Nested Channel Hall Thruster

Helicon Hall Thruster (HHT)

Helicon Hall Thruster (HHT)

X2 – Nested Channel Hall Thruster

X2 – Nested Channel Hall Thruster

6-kW Hall Thruster (H6)

6-kW Hall Thruster (H6)

M1 & M2 NanoFET

M1 & M2 NanoFET

Experimental Coaxial Field Reversed Configuration Thruster (XOCOT)

Experimental Coaxial Field Reversed Configuration Thruster (XOCOT)

HiPEP Multiple-Cathode Discharge Chamber (MCDC)

HiPEP Multiple-Cathode Discharge Chamber (MCDC)

P5 Cluster

P5 Cluster

BHT-600 Cluster

BHT-600 Cluster

NASA-173Mv2

NASA-173Mv2

NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) Laboratory Model (LM4)

NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) Laboratory Model (LM4)

T-140

T-140

T-220

T-220

NASA-173GT

NASA-173GT

BHT-200 Cluster

BHT-200 Cluster

P5-2

P5-2

Linear Gridless Ion Thruster (LGIT)

Linear Gridless Ion Thruster (LGIT)

NASA-173Mv1

NASA-173Mv1

NSTAR FMT Ion Engine

NSTAR FMT Ion Engine

BPT-4000

BPT-4000

P5

P5

SPT-140

SPT-140

D-55 Thruster with Anode Layer (TAL)

D-55 Thruster with Anode Layer (TAL)

PEPL-70

PEPL-70

SPT-100

SPT-100

1.35-kW MAI Hall Thruster

1.35-kW MAI Hall Thruster

End-Hall Thruster

End-Hall Thruster

PEPL MPD (Magnetoplasmadynamic) Thruster

PEPL MPD (Magnetoplasmadynamic) Thruster

1-kW Arcjet

1-kW Arcjet

Laboratory

Plasmadynamics & Electric Propulsion Laboratory
1919 Green Road, Room B107
Ann Arbor, MI., 48109-2564

Faculty Office

François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Building
1320 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI. 48109-2140

Get In Touch

Lab telephone: (734)764-4199
Lab fax: (734)763-7158

Department phone: (734) 615-4406
Department fax: (734) 763-0578

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