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Apollo Spacecraft Propulsion Systems
SAE Technical Paper Series, 1969<div class="htmlview paragraph">The Apollo spacecraft has 50 rocket engines arranged in 7 separate and independent systems. During a single mission there are approximately 100,000 rocket engine firings. In order to accomplish a lunar landing, all engines and systems must work reliably.
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Ion propulsion systems for spacecraft
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 1965Performance characteristics and power requirements of existing electron-bombardment thrustors are presented in a form useful to electric-prop ulsion-system analysis and design. This information is based on experimental operation of laboratory thrustor modules of from 5-50 cm in diam and module and array power levels of up to 30 kw.
PAUL D. READER, WILLIAM R. MICKELSEN
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Propulsion system sizing for servicing spacecrafts
2008 2nd International Symposium on Systems and Control in Aerospace and Astronautics, 2008The initial sizing of the propulsion system takes an important role in the preliminary design stage for space missions. The aim of this paper is to present an initial sizing method to evaluate the amount of propellant required for the on-orbit servicing spacecraft that can upgrade on-orbit satellites.
null Yinghong Qi +2 more
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Rapid and Automatic Reachability Estimation of Electric Propulsion Spacecraft
The Journal of the astronautical sciences, 2023Prashant R. Patel, D. Scheeres
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A Propulsion Device for Spacecraft
SAE Technical Paper Series, 2005<div class="htmlview paragraph">A method that exploits certain properties of a recirculating gas has been investigated as a means of achieving a sustained accelerative vector force without either the expulsion of mass from or a reaction against an external mass by the accelerated body.
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Electromagnetic thrusters for spacecraft prime propulsion
20th Joint Propulsion Conference, 1984The benefits of electromagnetic propulsion systems for the next generation of US spacecraft are discussed. Attention is given to magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) and arc jet thrusters, which form a subset of a larger group of electromagnetic propulsion systems including pulsed plasma thrusters, Hall accelerators, and electromagnetic launchers. Mission/system
L. RUDOLPH, D. KING
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Characteristics and optimation of heat pipe radiator for space nuclear propulsion spacecraft
Progress in nuclear energy (New series), 2022Zeng Li +4 more
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Solid propulsion powered spacecraft concept
8th Joint Propulsion Specialist Conference, 1972The feasibility and application of a solid propulsion powered spacecraft concept to implement high-energy missions independent of multiplanetary swingby opportunities are assessed. The characteristics of suitable missions and spacecraft were formulated to determine their effects upon propulsion system selection and design.
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Laser corrective propulsion plant for spacecraft
Journal of Optical Technology, 2010This paper discusses questions of using laser reactive thrust for conducting flights of spacecraft both in near-earth orbit and in interplanetary flights as a corrective propulsion plant with an aerospace laser reactive engine.
M. S. Egorov +3 more
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Electrolysis Propulsion for CubeSat-Scale Spacecraft
AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & Exposition, 2011As CubeSats grow in both numbers and capability, the need to extend their reach with integrated propulsion systems is becoming clear. A water-electrolysis propulsion system for 3U CubeSats is proposed that could fill the gap in the available propulsion systems at this scale. Combining the advantages of electric propulsion with those of chemical rockets,
Rodrigo Zeledon, Mason Peck
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