Wear characteristics from the extended lift test of the DS1 flight spare ion thruster

An on-going life test of the Deep Space One flight spare ion thruster, is being conducted at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The thruster has operated for over 27,290 hours and processed in excess of 219 kg of xenon propellant.

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