Porous ionic liquid electrospray thrusters are capable of meeting the propulsion
requirements of micro-and nanosatellites. The liquid propellant of such a thruster is usually …

Electrospray spacecraft propulsion typically uses commercially available porous glass
materials for their emitter components. The quality of this emitter material is crucial to the …

In this work, we investigate the emission characteristics and performance of a passivelyfed
electrospray thruster with ASCENT (AF-M315E) monopropellant at temperatures from 20C to …

In this work, we employ combined numerical and experimental approaches to determine the
chemical composition of secondary molecular species generated through particle-wall …

Direct measurement of thrust produced by electric micropropulsion devices is notoriously
difficult due to the extremely small forces involved. For this reason, indirect methods of …

This study demonstrates the feasibility of using smaller capillary emitters to achieve higher
specific impulses (Isp) in electrospray propulsion. Four highly conductive ionic liquids were …

This work investigates the electrochemical formation of gas-phase species in passively-fed
ion electrospray thrusters biased with porous distal electrodes. Volatile reaction products of …

From their beginnings as an educational experiment, CubeSats have grown to a popular
technology development platform and a capable tool for scientific missions. Deep-space …

Ion electrospray propulsion systems are known to induce moderate levels of spacecraft
charging when operated in a passive dual-polarity neutralization scheme. Here, the …

Research and development into electrospray propulsion technology has accelerated in
recent decades. The state of the art in electrospray propulsion is microfabricated …