Abstract The use of Electric Propulsion (EP) on satellites for commercial, defense, and space
science missions has been increasing in recent decades, from the first successful operation …

Rapid evolution of miniaturized, automatic, robotized, function-centered devices has
redefined space technology, bringing closer the realization of most ambitious interplanetary …

Drastic miniaturization of electronics and ingression of next-generation nanomaterials into
space technology have provoked a renaissance in interplanetary flights and near-Earth …

REGULUS is an Iodine-based electric propulsion system. It has been designed and
manufactured at the Italian company Technology for Propulsion and Innovation SpA (T4i) …

REGULUS is a propulsion platform for CubeSats. It integrates the Magnetically Enhanced
Thruster (MET) and its subsystems (ie, fluidic line, electronics, and thermo-structural …

Electric propulsion has become popular nowadays owing to the trend of miniaturizing the
size and mass of satellites. However, the main drawback of the most popular approach …

Micropropulsion systems are rapidly gaining attention from the small satellite community as
they can increase the mission lifetime and allow the satellite to perform complex maneuvers …

In recent years, the complexity of CubeSat missions has been increasing steadily as the
platform capabilities have drastically improved. Missions involving high-accuracy pointing …

Novel technologies and design techniques of the active attitude control systems (ACS) for
microspacecraft are briefly covered in this survey. Electric propulsion (EP) thrusters for …

The ignition and optimization of the pulsed micro-cathode triggerless vacuum arc thruster
model are analyzed. To this end a simplified model of the thruster consisting of two …