NASA NEXT-C
NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster–Commercial 7-kW-class gridded-ion propulsion system and flight design, developed as an evolution of NSTAR and flown on the DART mission; Advanced NEXT remains a distinct derivative and is not modeled here.
Identity
- Aliases
- NEXT-CNASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster-CommercialNASA NEXT-C
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- electric-thruster
- Name
- NASA NEXT-C
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster–Commercial 7-kW-class gridded-ion propulsion system and flight design, developed as an evolution of NSTAR and flown on the DART mission; Advanced NEXT remains a distinct derivative and is not modeled here.
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- Creation Time
- August 6, 2026 at 21:03:42 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 6, 2026 at 21:03:42 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-06
- Note
- NASA identifies NEXT-C as a commercial 7-kW-class evolution of NSTAR and describes its flight hardware contract.
- Publisher
- NASA
- Title
- NASA Awards Contract for Next Generation Electric Propulsion Components
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-06
- Note
- NASA technical material establishes the exact NEXT-C flight ion system design and status.
- Publisher
- NASA Technical Reports Server
- Title
- NEXT-C Flight Ion System Status
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-06
- Note
- NASA identifies the NEXT-C gridded-ion system as a major electric-propulsion system flown on DART.
- Publisher
- NASA
- Title
- Small Spacecraft Electric Propulsion Opens New Deep Space Opportunities