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Low Thrust And Low Power Propulsion Systems Options For Small Satellites, Redha Amri
Low Thrust And Low Power Propulsion Systems Options For Small Satellites, Redha Amri
International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace
The present work focuses on the study of low thrust propulsion systems. Cold gas, thermal and monopropellant systems with a blow down depressurisation mode have been taken in consideration in this study. Most of propellants that can be used for small satellite propulsion systems were selected here in order to give the propulsion engineer many propellant options with a good idea about the performance of each propellant, and this is important to make a good trade-off during the system design. For cold gas and thermal propulsion, the propellants taken into account in this study are: Oxygen (O2), Nitrogen (N2), Hydrogen …