X)MET: design and test of microwave electrothermal thrusters with argon and xenon
X)MET: design and test of microwave electrothermal thrusters with argon and xenon
This work presents design upgrades and test results of XMET, a Xenon Microwave Electro-thermal Thruster. XMET uses a free-floating plasma discharge in a cylindrical resonant cavity operating at 2.45 GHz. It will be used as the reaction control system thruster for an integrated propulsion architecture for small GEO platforms in combination with a microwave based gridded ion engine. We discuss the theoretical background of METs, previous work and describe prototype optimisation done for XMET. Results from an extended test campaign characterising several breadboard configurations are given.
Staab, Daniel
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17 March 2021
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Longhi, H
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Swar, K
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Garbayo, A
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Staab, Daniel, reeve, s, Baxter, T, Lekuona, H, Larsen, H, Longhi, H, Swar, K, Garbayo, A and Ryan, Charles
(2021)
X)MET: design and test of microwave electrothermal thrusters with argon and xenon.
In Space Propulsion Conference 2020/21.
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This work presents design upgrades and test results of XMET, a Xenon Microwave Electro-thermal Thruster. XMET uses a free-floating plasma discharge in a cylindrical resonant cavity operating at 2.45 GHz. It will be used as the reaction control system thruster for an integrated propulsion architecture for small GEO platforms in combination with a microwave based gridded ion engine. We discuss the theoretical background of METs, previous work and describe prototype optimisation done for XMET. Results from an extended test campaign characterising several breadboard configurations are given.
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Published date: 17 March 2021
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Space Propulsion conference 2020 +1, online, 2021-03-17 - 2021-03-19
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Daniel Staab
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s reeve
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T Baxter
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H Lekuona
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H Larsen
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H Longhi
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K Swar
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A Garbayo
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