Initial Flight Test Results of the LIPS-200 Electric Propulsion System on SJ-9A Satellite

摘要

LIPS-200 ion electric propulsion system has been developed by Lanzhou institute of physics (LIP) since 1990s and its first flight test was conducted on SJ-9A satellite launched on October 10, 2012. After the checkout and activation in orbit were finished, the first firing operation has been implemented successfully on November 7, 2012. The first-phase test plan was completed until December 9, 2012, and the second-phase test plan was implemented continuously. In this paper, the initial test results of the LIPS-200 on SJ-9A satellite in the first phase are presented in details.