GenCorp [GY] said its Aerojet Rocketdyne division and the Russian space propulsion firm Experimental Design Bureau Fakel have extended a teaming agreement that provides Aerojet Rocketdyne with the right to market and sell Fakel’s low-power Hall thrusters to provide it with more comprehensive electric propulsion solutions for in-space systems.
Aerojet Rocketdyne currently provides high-power Hall systems.
The agreement “will enable us to cover the full power spectrum needs of our customers,” Roger Myers, Aerojet Rocketdyne’s executive director of Systems and Technology Development, said in a statement.
GenCorp said that Fakel is the world’s leading supplier of low-power Hall thrusters with more than 408 flown to date.
The agreement also explores the addition of thruster orientation mechanisms into the United States market. Fakel also supplies monopropellant thrusters with more than 3,100 installed on Russian spacecraft.