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MEPS (Micro-Satellite Electric Propulsion System) is a three year programme started in 2013, jointly supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Israeli Space Agency (ISA) and aimed at the qualification of a propulsion system based on a low power, low cost Hall Effect Thruster (nominal power level 200W).

The system consists of a dual thruster/cathode subsystem, a power processing unit, propellant management assembly, feeding lines and a suitable Xe tank and
is conceived as a 'plug and play' system that can be easily installed on a number of small space platforms. It is intended to provide a prompt, effective response to the market needs, where small platforms can highly benefit from a low-cost, low-mass propulsion system. A suitable solution for drag compensation, orbit maintenance, end-of-life deorbiting and the exploitation of the lower layers of the LEO region, MEPS is going to pave the way to a new class of affordable and capable small space missions

Provision of a space-qualified Hall Effect Thruster (HET) subsystem for low-power space missions.

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