Performance comparison of multi-mode ion thrusters at home and abroad
Multi-mode performance is one of the crucial aspects in the development and application of ion thruster.By comparing and analyzing the multi-mode performance of ion thrusters at home and abroad,the variation law of multi-mode performance of different types of ion thrusters is obtained,which proves that the multi-mode performance of domestic ion thrusters has come up to the advanced world level.At the same time,the performance adjustment capability of multi-mode ion thruster is defined and compared.In addition,the DC toroidal field thruster has the best performance adjustment ability,followed by the RF discharge thruster,and the DC divergent field thruster has the lowest performance adjustment ability.