RF Helicon-based Inductive Plasma Thruster (IPT) Design for an Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion system (ABEP)

Autor: Miquel Sureda, Badia Belkouchi, Valentín Cañas, Silvia Rodriguez-Donaire, C. Traub, Sabrina Livadiotti, R. M. Dominguez, Steve Edmondson, Jonathan Becedas, Francesco Romano, Alastair Straker, Peter Roberts, Rachel Villain, Sarah J. Haigh, V. Sulliotti-Linner, R. Outlaw, Daniel García-Almiñana, V. Hanessian, Morten Bisgaard, A. Conte, Yung-An Chan, A. Mølgaard, Jens Nielsen, Luciana Sinpetru, Stefanos Fasoulas, David Gonzalez, Nicholas Crisp, Dhiren Kataria, B. Heißerer, Georg H. Herdrich, A. Schwalber, Stephen D. Worrall, Claire Huyton, Vitor Toshiyuki Abrao Oiko, J. S. Perez, Katharine Smith

Publikováno v: Romano, F, Chan, Y, Herdrich, G, Traub, C, Fasoulas, S, Roberts, P, Smith, K, Edmondson, S, Haigh, S, Crisp, N, Oiko, V T A, Worrall, S D, Livadiotti, S, Huyton, C, Sinpetru, L, Straker, A, Becedas, J, Domínguez, R M, González, D, Cañas, V, Sulliotti-linner, V, Hanessian, V, Mølgaard, A, Nielsen, J, Bisgaard, M, Garcia-almiñana, D, Rodriguez-donaire, S, Sureda, M, Kataria, D, Outlaw, R, Villain, R, Perez, J S, Conte, A, Belkouchi, B, Schwalber, A & Heißerer, B 2020, ' RF helicon-based inductive plasma thruster (IPT) design for an Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion system (ABEP) ', Acta Astronautica . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.07.008
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Challenging space missions include those at very low altitudes, where the atmosphere is source of aerodynamicdrag on the spacecraft. To extend such missions lifetime, an efficient propulsion system is required. Onesolution is Atmosphere-Breathing Ele

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DISCOVERER – Making Commercial Satellite Operations in Very Low Earth Orbit a Reality

Autor: Peter Roberts, Nicholas Crisp, Oiko, V. T. A., Stephen Edmondson, Sarah Haigh, Claire Huyton, Sabrina Livadiotti, Rachel Lyons, Katherine Smith, Luciana Sinpetru, Alastair Straker, Stephen Worrall

Publikováno v: University of Manchester-PURE
Roberts, P, Crisp, N, Abrao Oiko, V T, Edmondson, S, Haigh, S, Huyton, C, Livadiotti, S, Lyons, R, Smith, K, Sinpetru, L, Straker, A, Worrall, S & et al. 2019, DISCOVERER – Making Commercial Satellite Operations in Very Low Earth Orbit a Reality . in 70th International Astronautical Congress . 70th International Astronautical Congress, Washington D.C., United States, 21/10/19 . < https://iafastro.directory/iac/archive/browse/IAC-19/ >

DISCOVERER is a €5.7M European Commission funded Horizon 2020 project developing technologies to enable commercially-viable sustained-operation of satellites in very low Earth orbits. Why operate closer to the Earth? For communications applications

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Concepts and Applications of Aerodynamic Attitude and Orbital Control for Spacecraft in Very Low Earth Orbit

Autor: Sabrina Livadiotti, Nicholas Crisp, Peter Roberts, Stephen Edmondson, Sarah Haigh, Claire Huyton, Rachel Lyons, Oiko, V. T. A., Katharine Smith, Luciana Sinpetru, Alastair Straker, Worrall, Stephen D.

Publikováno v: University of Manchester-PURE
Livadiotti, S, Crisp, N, Roberts, P, Edmondson, S, Haigh, S, Huyton, C, Lyons, R, Abrao Oiko, V T, Smith, K, Sinpetru, L, Straker, A, Worrall, S & et al. 2019, Concepts and Applications of Aerodynamic Attitude and Orbital Control for Spacecraft in Very Low Earth Orbit . in 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) . 70th International Astronautical Congress, Washington D.C., United States, 21/10/19 . < https://iafastro.directory/iac/archive/browse/IAC-19/ >

Spacecraft operations below 450km, namely Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), can offer significant advantages over traditional low Earth orbits, for example enhanced ground resolution for Earth observation, improved communications latency and link budget,

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