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Completed TRL 4 (started at 4, targeting 4)
Provide discharge chamber and grid modeling for the new T6 based on JPL expertise on ion thruster performance and life; Enable/guide the T6 upgrade development to satisfy NASA life requirements.
Completing this co-development by ESA/UK-Space and JPL will result in a commercially available, space qualified ion thruster that JPL can propose and then purchase. Potential for ESA-furnished propulsion subsystem on JPL mission.
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