Consortum for Hall Effect Orbital Propulsion System (CHEOPS)
Research Project, 2016 – 2020

The CHEOPS (Consortium for Hall Effect Orbital Propulsion System) is a challenging space project that proposes to develop three different Hall Effect Thruster (HET) Electric Propulsion Systems (EPS), each with specific requirements leading to specific improvements at system and subsystem levels, in order to serve different application fields or orbits:

Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) dual mode EPS to provide high thrust during transfer and high Isp during station keeping.
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) low power EPS, with a very low cost target for mass production.
High power, high thrust EPS for Exploration  applications.

CHALMERS through the SED research group lead the Value Impact Analysis workpackage. 

Participants

Ola Isaksson (contact)

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Olivia Borgue

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Massimo Panarotto

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Collaborations

Advanced Space Technologies

Stuhr, Germany

Airbus Group

Leiden, Netherlands

Bradford Engineering

Heerle, Netherlands

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Köln, Germany

OHB AG Group

Bremen, Germany

SAFRAN Aircraft Engines

Vernon, France

SITAEL

Mola di Bari, Italy

SME4SPACE

Leuven, Belgium

Thales Group

Neuilly Sur Seine, France

Thales Group

Neuilly Sur Seine, France

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Getafe (Madrid), Spain

Funding

European Commission (EC)

Project ID: EC/H2020/730135
Funding Chalmers participation during 2016–2020

Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure

Sustainable development

Driving Forces

Production

Areas of Advance

Publications

More information

Project Web Page

http://epic-src.eu/cheops/

Latest update

9/2/2020 1