Table C-3: Plasma conditions on exit plane of several electric propulsion thrusters


 

Hall thruster

Ion thruster

FEEP thruster

Application

Telecommunication satellite and primary propulsion

Telecommunication satellite and primary propulsion

Scientific satellites

Exit plasma density

1017 m-3

1016 m-3

1015 m-3

Exit neutral density

1017 m-3

1018 m-3

1010 m-3

Ion energies

300 eV

1 keV

8 keV