2018•Russian AeronauticsRequires access

Advanced Pulsed Plasma Thrusters and Their Application as a Part of Small Spacecraft Propulsion Systems

А. В. Богатый, R. V. El’nikov, Игорь Петрович Назаренко, Г. А. Попов, С. А. Семенихин

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The paper presents the research results of the effect of a capacitor energy storage device configuration on the specific characteristics of advanced modern propulsion systems based on the ablative pulsed plasma thrusters (APPT). These thrusters are designed to perform specific tasks within the small spacecrafts with the onboard power capacity up to 200 W.

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Key concepts: Propulsion, Spacecraft, Aerospace engineering, Electrically powered spacecraft propulsion, Spacecraft propulsion, Ion thruster, Power (physics), Energy storage