Electric propulsion systems

M Manente, M Magarotto - Next Generation CubeSats and SmallSats, 2023 - Elsevier
This chapter is about the electric propulsion (EP) for CubeSats, both state-of-the-art and
future perspectives are discussed. An EP system can be defined as a thruster in which a gas …

Plume diagnostics of BUSTLab microwave electrothermal thruster using Langmuir and Faraday probes

MS Yildiz, M Celik - Plasma Science and Technology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This study presents the Langmuir and Faraday probe measurements conducted to
determine the plume characteristics of the BUSTLab microwave electrothermal thruster …

Physical Insights into Downsized Nozzle Geometry for Microwave Electrothermal Thruster via Evolutionary Algorithms

K Suenaga, SH Yeo, T Ozawa, H Ogawa - AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Microwave electrothermal thrusters, characterized by considerably high thrust and a broad
specific impulse range, offer advantages over other electrothermal thrusters in terms of …

Numerical investigation of the plasma processes for propellant heating in electrothermal plasma thruster for nanosatellites

S Ivanov, S Kolev, Z Kiss' ovski - Contributions to Plasma …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Numerical investigation of the plasma processes in a cylindrical chamber with small
dimensions of a novel microwave electrothermal plasma thruster for nanosatellites has been …