Advanced Electric Propulsion System
NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne's high-power integrated Hall propulsion system for Gateway's Power and Propulsion Element.
Identity
- Aliases
- AEPSAdvanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS)
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- integrated-system
- Kind
- integrated-propulsion-system
- Name
- Advanced Electric Propulsion System
- Status
- development
Details
- Description
- NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne's high-power integrated Hall propulsion system for Gateway's Power and Propulsion Element.
- Developers
- Electric Specs
- Input Power Kw Max
- 12
- Specific Impulse SMax
- 2,740
- Thrust NMax
- 0.588
- Lineage
- Note
- AEPS is directly based on NASA's HERMeS design, while its magnetic shielding was first demonstrated by Aerojet Rocketdyne and JPL on BPT-4000/XR-5; this is a technology-heritage edge, not whole-system direct derivation.
- Related Propulsion System
- Relationship
- technology-derived-from
- Sources
- Nested value
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- xenon
Links
- Official Url
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20250008681
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 22:19:40 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 22:20:39 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the 12 kW AEPS identity, Aerojet Rocketdyne-led acceptance program, and completed acceptance of qualification and flight units.
- Publisher
- NASA Technical Reports Server
- Title
- Acceptance Testing of the Advanced Electric Propulsion System Qualification and Flight Thrusters
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports current AEPS development status, NASA/Aerojet Rocketdyne collaboration, flight-hardware production, thrust, and specific impulse.
- Publisher
- NASA Technical Reports Server
- Title
- Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) 12kW Hall Current Thruster Program Overview
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the three 12 kW AEPS thrusters manufactured for installation on Gateway's Power and Propulsion Element.
- Publisher
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Title
- NASA Starts Up Gateway's Power System for First Time