Busek BHT-200
Exact Busek BHT-200 xenon/iodine Hall-effect electric thruster. Busek's standard datasheet lists 200 W, 13 mN, 1,390 s specific impulse, and 0.98 kg thruster mass; NASA's propulsion briefing records a 100-300 W operating range, 5-20 mN thrust, and 1,000-1,500 s specific impulse. The BHT-200 has flight heritage on TacSat-2, FalconSat-5, and FalconSat-6; spacecraft-specific configuration records remain outside this propulsion row.
Identity
- Aliases
- BHT-200Busek BHT-200Busek Hall Effect Thruster BHT-200
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- electric-thruster
- Name
- Busek BHT-200
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- Exact Busek BHT-200 xenon/iodine Hall-effect electric thruster. Busek's standard datasheet lists 200 W, 13 mN, 1,390 s specific impulse, and 0.98 kg thruster mass; NASA's propulsion briefing records a 100-300 W operating range, 5-20 mN thrust, and 1,000-1,500 s specific impulse. The BHT-200 has flight heritage on TacSat-2, FalconSat-5, and FalconSat-6; spacecraft-specific configuration records remain outside this propulsion row.
- Dry Mass Kg
- 0.98
- Electric Specs
- Input Power Kw Max
- 0.3
- Input Power Kw Min
- 0.1
- Specific Impulse SMax
- 1,500
- Specific Impulse SMin
- 1,000
- Thrust NMax
- 0.02
- Thrust NMin
- 0.005
- Propellants
- xenoniodine
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.busek.com/bht200
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 6, 2026 at 20:44:01 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 09:40:37 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-06
- Note
- Manufacturer page identifies BHT-200 as a Busek Hall-effect thruster product and records its flight heritage.
- Publisher
- Busek
- Title
- BHT-200
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-06
- Note
- NASA reference identifies BHT-200 as the first U.S.-manufactured Hall-effect thruster flown in space, on TacSat-2, and records xenon operation and flight heritage.
- Publisher
- NASA
- Title
- In-Space Propulsion State of the Art
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-06
- Note
- NASA briefing identifies the BHT-200 Hall Thruster System as flight proven and lists TacSat-2 and FalconSat-5/6 heritage.
- Publisher
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Title
- Plasma, ion propulsion, and electrospray RCS briefing
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-22
- Note
- Busek's standard datasheet lists 200 W discharge power, 0.98 kg thruster mass, 13 mN thrust, 1,390 s specific impulse, and xenon/iodine propellants.
- Publisher
- Busek
- Title
- BHT-200 Hall Effect Thruster datasheet