Vacuum arc thrusters offer a relatively simple and cheap form of satellite propulsion, especially suitable for nanosatellites such as CubeSats or even smaller. This thesis focuses on vacuum arc thruster design considering the thruster’s manufacturing, assembly and integration into the spacecraft, and proposes a new anode geometry easing thruster production. Vacuum arc thruster research is traditionally experimental in nature due to a lack of accurate models. This work follows this approach, and studies experimentally the effect of several geometric design parameters on thruster performance. The outcome confrms findings from several papers, and suggests specifc improvements towards existing models for predicting the effect of the thruster’s ...
Nanosatellites like the CubeSat standard provide low-cost and adaptable platforms for fast design it...
Nanosatellites like the CubeSat standard provide low-cost and adaptable platforms for fast design it...
A magnetically enhanced Micro-Cathode Vacuum Arc Thruster (µCAT) was designed and fabricated at the ...
Vacuum arc thrusters offer a relatively simple and cheap form of satellite propulsion, especially su...
This paper will describe the development of the Vacuum Arc thruster (VAT) for micro and nano satelli...
This paper describes the University of Illinois 2-cube CubeSat (10 x 10 x 20 cm) designed for April ...
This paper describes the University of Illinois 2-cube CubeSat (10 x 10 x 20 cm) designed for April ...
A modern approach to satellite based experimentation has evolved from large, multi-instrumented sate...
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-59...
This paper describes the University of Illinois 2-cube CubeSat (10 x 10 x 20 cm) designed for April ...
This paper describes the University of Illinois 2-cube CubeSat (10 x 10 x 20 cm) designed for April ...
The University of Würzburg, Germany has for several years already a successful pico-satellite studen...
The University of Würzburg, Germany has for several years already a successful pico-satellite studen...
The University of Würzburg, Germany has for several years already a successful pico-satellite studen...
The arcjet development at the Institute of Space Systems (IRS) at Stuttgart is intended to deorbit s...
Nanosatellites like the CubeSat standard provide low-cost and adaptable platforms for fast design it...
Nanosatellites like the CubeSat standard provide low-cost and adaptable platforms for fast design it...
A magnetically enhanced Micro-Cathode Vacuum Arc Thruster (µCAT) was designed and fabricated at the ...
Vacuum arc thrusters offer a relatively simple and cheap form of satellite propulsion, especially su...
This paper will describe the development of the Vacuum Arc thruster (VAT) for micro and nano satelli...
This paper describes the University of Illinois 2-cube CubeSat (10 x 10 x 20 cm) designed for April ...
This paper describes the University of Illinois 2-cube CubeSat (10 x 10 x 20 cm) designed for April ...
A modern approach to satellite based experimentation has evolved from large, multi-instrumented sate...
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-59...
This paper describes the University of Illinois 2-cube CubeSat (10 x 10 x 20 cm) designed for April ...
This paper describes the University of Illinois 2-cube CubeSat (10 x 10 x 20 cm) designed for April ...
The University of Würzburg, Germany has for several years already a successful pico-satellite studen...
The University of Würzburg, Germany has for several years already a successful pico-satellite studen...
The University of Würzburg, Germany has for several years already a successful pico-satellite studen...
The arcjet development at the Institute of Space Systems (IRS) at Stuttgart is intended to deorbit s...
Nanosatellites like the CubeSat standard provide low-cost and adaptable platforms for fast design it...
Nanosatellites like the CubeSat standard provide low-cost and adaptable platforms for fast design it...
A magnetically enhanced Micro-Cathode Vacuum Arc Thruster (µCAT) was designed and fabricated at the ...