Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: ZIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2018-02-12 to 2023-03-31
Current total value of award: $3137163
Description: THIS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (TD) WILL ULTIMATELY DELIVER A QUALIFICATION MODEL (QM) SUB-KILOWATT INTEGRATED ELECTRIC PROPULSION (EP) SYSTEM, BASED ON MAGNETICALLY SHIELDED HALL-EFFECT THRUSTER TECHNOLOGY, OPTIMIZED FOR USE WITH ESPA-CLASS SPACECRAFT. THE QM PROPULSION SYSTEM SHALL INCLUDE A THRUSTER/CATHODE ASSEMBLY, A POWER PROCESSING UNIT (PPU), AND A XENON FEED SYSTEM.