Advanced NEXT Ion Propulsion System
NASA Advanced NEXT gridded-ion propulsion system, a derivative of the NEXT-C flight design; this record asserts no spacecraft installation, actor link, or mission assignment.
Identity
- Aliases
- Advanced NEXTAdvanced NEXT ion thrusterNASA Advanced NEXT
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- electric-thruster
- Name
- Advanced NEXT Ion Propulsion System
- Status
- development
Details
- Description
- NASA Advanced NEXT gridded-ion propulsion system, a derivative of the NEXT-C flight design; this record asserts no spacecraft installation, actor link, or mission assignment.
Links
- Official Url
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20250008559
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 03:35:31 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 7, 2026 at 03:35:31 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Note
- NASA Glenn source identifies Advanced NEXT as a derivative of the NEXT-C flight design and reports development/test status; no vehicle installation is asserted.
- Publisher
- NASA Technical Reports Server
- Title
- Development Status and Performance Metrics of the Advanced NEXT Ion Propulsion System
- Note
- NASA source establishes the exact NEXT-C predecessor context; no actor or vehicle relationship is inferred for Advanced NEXT.
- Publisher
- NASA Glenn Research Center
- Title
- NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster-Commercial (NEXT-C)