PEPPR HET-01 / Project overview

From first-pass model to hardware.

PEPPR HET-01 is a sub-kilowatt Hall-effect thruster in manufacture. The team has prepared the vacuum test setup and characterized the magnet system. Full integration and the first firing are next.

660 Wdesign power

39 mNmodel thrust

Nowmanufacturing and integration

Nextfirst full-thruster test

Power and thrust are design-model targets, not measured full-thruster results.

V05 CAD rendering of the PEPPR HET-01 Hall-effect thruster — 01 HET-01 V05 CAD assembly

Vacuum-chamber test setup with instrumentation and feedthroughs — 02 Vacuum test setup prepared

Early electromagnet assembly with three copper-wound coils — 03 Electromagnet assembly

My work

I’m supporting PEPPR through manufacturing and integration as the project moves from modeled design to its first full-system test.

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