A Comprehensive Review of Atmosphere‐Breathing Electric Propulsion Systems

P Zheng, J Wu, Y Zhang, B Wu - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To develop the satellites for a low‐Earth‐orbit environment, atmosphere‐breathing electric
propulsion (ABEP) systems have become more attractive to researchers in the past decade …

RF helicon-based inductive plasma thruster (IPT) design for an atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion system (ABEP)

F Romano, YA Chan, G Herdrich, C Traub, S Fasoulas… - Acta Astronautica, 2020 - Elsevier
Challenging space missions include those at very low altitudes, where the atmosphere is
source of aerodynamic drag on the spacecraft. To extend such missions lifetime, an efficient …

Structure of RF fields in a twin-chamber radio-frequency inductive plasma source placed in a weak external magnetic field

AK Petrov, EA Kralkina, AM Nikonov, KV Vavilin… - Vacuum, 2020 - Elsevier
An experimental study of the structure of waves excited in the low-pressure inductive radio-
frequency discharge located in the magnetic field with inductance less than 70 Gs was …

[PDF][PDF] Comprehensive approach to electric propulsion for innovative space platforms

CA Paissoni - 2021 - tesidottorato.depositolegale.it
This dissertation investigates the new mission opportunities and methods enabled by
innovative propulsion space systems based on electric propulsion devices. In recent years …

Power absorption, plasma parameters and wave structure in inductive RF plasma source with low value external magnetic field

E Kralkina, K Vavilin, I Zadiriev… - Plasma Science and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The efficiency of radio-frequency (RF) power absorption, RF magnetic field structure and
plasma parameters were measured in cylindrical inductive RF plasma sources 20 cm in …