An apparatus and method including a deployable spacecraft mount for electric propulsion is disclosed. A typical apparatus includes a spacecraft body, a deployable element having at least two basic positions including a compact stowed position and a deployed position of the element and an electric thruster disposed on the deployable element where the electric thruster is disposed to mitigate negative plume effects in the deployed position that would be present in stowed position. The deployable element can be a radiator and can optionally be disposed on a second deployable payload module. Further, deployable elements can be selective deployed such that some electric thrusters can be used to assist in transfer orbit while undeployed elements help retain heat.