CubeSats provide a cost effective means to perform scientific and technological studies in
space. Due to their affordability, CubeSat technologies have been diversely studied and …

The space technology industry has been at the forefront of technological innovation since
the late 1950s. In recent years, ionic liquids (ILs) have gained increasing attention in a wide …

Ionic liquid electrospray thrusters are capable of producing microNewton precision thrust at
a high thrust–power ratio but have yet to demonstrate lifetimes that are suitable for most …

Performance and lifetime analysis of electrospray thrusters requires accurate knowledge of
the mass and charge distributions of the plume. Mass flux and current density distributions …

Electrospray technology is widely used in many technological areas. The beam current of
electrospray is an important parameter since it directly associates with the …

The leaky-dielectric model is incorporated in the Finite Volume Method (FVM) code,
OpenFOAM, to investigate the electrospray emission behavior of low to moderate …

Orthogonal time-of-flight mass spectrometry has been used to characterize the kinetic
energy and charged species distributions from an in vacuo electrospray ion source for four …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-3439. vid Multimode propulsion is
the combination of two or more propulsive modes into a system that shares a single …

High-resolution mass flux measurements of an electrospray plume are reported at high (>
30∘) angles, which are relevant to direct impingement of downstream electrodes …

A chemical-electrospray dual-mode propulsion system is significant in improving mission
capability and flexibility of a spacecraft. Hypergolic ionic liquids are potential propellants of …