Demonstration of electric micropropulsion multimodality

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—Hall thrusters—is that their efficiency and thrust-to-power ratio (TPR) markedly deteriorate when its size and power level are...

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Published in:Science advances 2022-09, Vol.8 (36), p.eadc9850-eadc9850
Main Authors: Zolotukhin, Denis B., Bandaru, Siva Ram Prasad, Daniels, Keir P., Beilis, Isak I., Keidar, Michael
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Language:English
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Physical and Materials Sciences
Physics
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Summary: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—Hall thrusters—is that their efficiency and thrust-to-power ratio (TPR) markedly deteriorate when its size and power level are reduced. Here, we demonstrate an alternative approach—a minute low-power (
ISSN:2375-2548
2375-2548
DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adc9850