[20p-KD-2~9] Plasma Processing in Space Science and Engineering

[20p-KD-3] Development of the microwave discharge type ion thrusters for asteroid probes

〇Satoshi Hosoda¹, Kazutaka Nishiyama¹, Ryudo Tsukizaki¹, Hitoshi Kuninaka¹ (1.JAXA)

Keywords:ion thruster,electron cyclotron resonance microwave discharges,HAYABUS2

The microwave discharge type ion thruster "Mu10" was developed for asteroid probes "hayabusa 1&2" as a main thruster for round trip.