THE LIPS-200 ION ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DFH-3B SATELLITE PLATFORM

摘要

LIPS-200 ion electric propulsion system for the NSSK mission on DFH-3B satellite platform has been developing by Lanzhou Institute of Physics since 2010. The LIPS-200 system is composed of a system control unit, 4 ion thrusters, 2 power processing units(PPU), and a xenon storage and feed subsystem including 2 xenon tanks, a pressure regulator unit and 4 flow controllers. In this paper, the development status of the LIPS-200 ion electric propulsion system is summarized and the next development program is presented.