Job
AEPS / high-power SEP on PPE (Maxar)
Contracted by NASA from Maxar Technologies · Gateway PPE + HALO
NASA's Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) 12-kilowatt Hall thrusters fly on the Maxar-built Gateway Power and Propulsion Element (PPE).
Who built it
Under
Power and Propulsion Element (Lanteris, formerly Maxar)
Parent jobIn this suite
BHT-6000 Hall thrusters on Gateway PPE (Busek)
Four Busek BHT-6000 Hall-effect thrusters on Maxar Gateway PPE with NASA AEPS. · Busek Co. Inc.PPE PPU-6000 power processing (Maxar)
Maxar builds the PPU-6000 high-power control electronics on Gateway PPE solar-electric propulsion, with Moog xenon feed and Busek BHT-6000 Hall thrusters. · Lanteris Space SystemsPPE xenon feed system (Moog)
Moog supplies the xenon feed system on Maxar Gateway PPE solar-electric propulsion, with Maxar PPU-6000 electronics and Busek BHT-6000 Hall thrusters. · MoogFlights
Sources
- Development and Qualification Status of the Electric Propulsion Systems for the NASA PPE Mission and Gateway Program NASA
- IEPC24 358 v2 (PDF) NASA
- NASA halts work on Gateway to develop a lunar base SpaceNews, 24 March 2026
- Maxar and Busek Thruster System for NASA Lunar Gateway Passes Critical Milestone SpaceNews, 18 March 2021
- Busek Delivers High Power Electric Propulsion for Artemis Lunar Gateway prnewswire.com, 15 September 2025
- Space Reactor-1 Freedom NASA, 8 October 2026