Experimental Research of Deflection of SPT Thrust Vector

The experimental researches on the deflection of the thrust vector of the stationary plasma thruster (SPT) with the help of magnetic field acting on the directed motion of jet ions have been carried out. The magnetic field has been created by the deflecting magnetic system, located behind the thruster exit. The measurements, carried out on the SPT laboratory model -100 with the diameter of the outlet channel 100mm and the overall dimensions L=70mm and D=200mm, have shown that in the investigated range of the parameters variation the dependence of the turn angle of the thrust vector from the current value in the turns of the deflecting magnetic system is close to the linear one.