This contribution presents a short review of electric propulsion (EP) technologies for
satellites and spacecraft. Electric thrusters, also termed ion or plasma thrusters, deliver a low …

An electric propulsion thrust stand capable of supporting testing of thrusters having a total
mass of up to 125 kg and producing thrust levels between 100 μ N to 1 N has been …

Plasma acceleration processes in an ablative pulsed plasma thruster (APPT) were
investigated. APPTs are space propulsion options suitable for microspacecraft, and have …

Electric solid propellants are advanced solid chemical rocket propellants that can be
controlled (ignited, throttled and extinguished) through the application and removal of an …

Electric solid propellants are advanced solid chemical rocket propellants that can be
controlled (ignited, throttled, and extinguished) through the application and removal of an …

The pulsed plasma thruster is a type of electric propulsion, which has attracted a lot of
interest due to its application in microsatellite. In this study, a side-fed, tongue-flared …

A new electrodeless accelerator concept, called Faraday Accelerator with Radio-frequency
Assisted Discharge (FARAD), that relies on an RF-assisted discharge to produce a plasma …

Research and development on pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) for small satellites has been
conducted in Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU). A PPT with coaxial electrode and PTFE …

A variation of a hanging pendulum thrust stand capable of measuring the performance of an
electric thruster operating in the vertical orientation is presented. The vertical orientation of …

The paper presents a new two-gap capillary (TGC) discharge structure. The prominent
innovation is the introduction of the middle electrode, which divides the capillary into the …