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Electric Propulsion Sizing

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Estimate electric-propulsion thrust, mass flow, total impulse, and propellant from input power and Isp.

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Thrust

152.96 mN

0.15296 N

Propellant mass

25.268 kg

30.0 day burn

Total impulse

396,465.7 N s

Ve 15,691 m/s

Calculation breakdown

Mass flow9.748 mg/s

Electric thrust chain

Input power is converted into jet power; exhaust velocity then trades thrust against propellant flow.

153.0 mN

input power2.00 kWjet power1.20 kW at 60%exhaust velocity15.69 km/s30.0 day low-thrust burn accumulates 396.5 kN s

Thrust

152.96 mN

2 eta P / Ve, with 800 W not converted to jet power

Mass flow

9.748 mg/s

thrust divided by exhaust velocity

Propellant

25.268 kg

396.47 kN s total impulse

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