RIT-10 ion thruster
Astrium/EADS's RIT-10 is a 600 W-class radio-frequency gridded-ion thruster flown on ESA's Artemis spacecraft; the bounded sources establish a 2,500-4,200 s operating specific-impulse range without asserting a current production lifecycle.
Identity
- Aliases
- RIT 10RIT-10
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- electric-thruster
- Name
- RIT-10 ion thruster
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Astrium/EADS's RIT-10 is a 600 W-class radio-frequency gridded-ion thruster flown on ESA's Artemis spacecraft; the bounded sources establish a 2,500-4,200 s operating specific-impulse range without asserting a current production lifecycle.
- Electric Specs
- Input Power Kw Max
- 0.6
- Input Power Kw Min
- 0.6
- Specific Impulse SMax
- 4,200
- Specific Impulse SMin
- 2,500
- Propellants
- xenon
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 02:43:21 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 02:43:21 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- ESA's propulsion comparison identifies EADS RIT-10 as a 600 W ion engine with 2,500-4,200 s specific impulse and operational Artemis flight heritage.
- Publisher
- European Space Agency
- Title
- Propulsion Telecommunication Days
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- ESA's ESTEC annual report records the Astrium-manufactured RIT-10 life test exceeding 15,000 hours in support of the Artemis mission.
- Publisher
- European Space Agency
- Title
- Annual Report 2001 — ESTEC Electric-Propulsion Laboratory