CubeSats have been extensively used in the past decade as scientific tools, technology demonstrators and for education. Recently, PocketQubes have emerged as an interesting …
J Lee, S Kim, H Jo, E Lee, A Lee - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2023 - Elsevier
The demand for microthrusters is growing with the increasing utilization of nano/microsatellite platforms in the space industry. Solid propellant microthruster arrays …
SW Miller, JR Ulibarri-Sanchez, BD Prince… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
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 …
L Su, Z Yao, W He, H Yan, Y Tian… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ionic size and hydrogen bonding (HB) may play significant roles in controlling ion emission from HAN (hydroxylamine nitrate)-based ionic liquids (ILs) but have received little attention …
SP Berg, JL Rovey - Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
Multimode spacecraft micropropulsion systems that include a high-thrust chemical mode and high-specific impulse electric mode are assessed with specific reference to CubeSat …
S Li, H Yan, Z Wang, Y Tang, Z Yao, S Li - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
The ionic liquid dual-mode propellant, mainly composed of hydroxylammonium nitrate (HAN), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethyl sulfate ([Emim][EtSO4]), and H2O, has shown …
CT Lyne, J Rovey, SP Berg - AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2021 Forum, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
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 …
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 …
B Liu, X Li, J Yang, G Gao - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
With the development of micro/nano satellites and formation flying, more advanced spatial propulsion technology is required. In this paper, a review of microthrusters developments …