Application Practices and Realizations of the Ion Electric Propulsion on Spacecraft

As the most representative electric propulsion,ion electric propulsion has been applied to most of the spacecraft missions.The applications of ion electric propulsion in aerospace engineering over the countries since 1997 are systematically researched.Based on a large number of spacecraft projects,ion electric propulsion's applications in aerospace engineering are summarized,including their application on spacecraft,on-orbit faults and experienced application realizations respectively.