Busek Co. Inc., founded in 1985, is an American aerospace manufacturer specializing in high-performance electric propulsion systems for spacecraft. They are a leading source of advanced electric propulsion thrusters like Hall-effect thrusters, electrospray thrusters and RF ion engines, providing these for military, government, and commercial satellites. Busek's thrusters have been used on missions with NASA (including the Artemis program), ESA, the US Air Force, and OneWeb, and they partner with organizations like Maxar and Moog. Associated keywords include electric propulsion, space propulsion, thrusters, and satellite technology.
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The Busek BHT-6000 thrusters tested at 6 kW will later be combined with other higher-power thrusters to complete the PPE’s 50 kW electric propulsion system.
The PPE thruster system includes Maxar-built high-power control electronics PPU-6000, a Moog-provided xenon feed system, and four Busek-built BHT-6000 Hall effect thrusters.
Busek’s BHT-6000 Hall effect thruster demonstrated stable operation at 6 kW and 600 V.
The electric propulsion subsystem for the Power and Propulsion Element includes four Busek-built BHT-6000 Hall effect thrusters.
Busek is providing BHT-6000 next-generation Hall thrusters for the Power and Propulsion Element.
Busek Co. and Maxar Technologies completed an end-to-end hot fire test campaign validating all major elements of the 6-kilowatt solar electric propulsion subsystem for the Power and Propulsion Element in lunar orbit.
As of 2018, 30 U.S.-built Hall thrusters had launched on various spacecraft, of which 28 were from Busek or from Aerojet Rocketdyne under license from Busek.