XIPS-25

The XIPS-25, or 25-cm Xenon Ion Propulsion System, is a gridded ion thruster manufactured by L-3 Communications. XIPS-25 engine is used on Boeing 702 class satellites for station-keeping as well as orbit-raising.[1][2]

## Specifications

Parameter  | Low Power  | High Power

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Power Controller
Total Input Power (W)  | 2200  | 4500
Bus Input Voltage (V)  | 100  | 100
PPU efficiency (%)  | 92  | 94
Ion thruster
Total Input Power (W)  | 2067  | 4215
Thrust (mN)  | 79  | 165
Specific Impulse (s)  | 3400  | 3500
Electrical Efficiency (%)  | 87  | 87
Mass Utilization Efficiency (%)  | 82  | 84
Beam Voltage (V)  | 1215  | 1215
Beam Current (A)  | 1.43  | 3.01
References: [3][4]

## References

1. ↑ "Electric Propulsion at Aerospace | The Aerospace Corporation". http://www.aerospace.org/crosslinkmag/fall-2014/electric-propulsion-at-aerospace/.
2. ↑ "XIPS (xenon-ion propulsion system)". http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/X/XIPS.html.
3. ↑ "Evaluation of 25-cm XIPS© Thruster Life for Deep Space Mission Applications". http://erps.spacegrant.org/uploads/images/images/iepc_articledownload_1988-2007/2009index/IEPC-2009-152.pdf.
4. ↑ "The 25 cm XIPS© Life Test and Post-Test Analysis". http://erps.spacegrant.org/uploads/images/images/iepc_articledownload_1988-2007/2009index/IEPC-2009-161.pdf.

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