REGULUS is an Iodine-based electric propulsion system. It has been designed and
manufactured at the Italian company Technology for Propulsion and Innovation SpA (T4i) …

In this paper, a methodology is presented to compute the plasma properties (eg,, density
and temperature) accounting for the dynamics of the excited states. The proposed strategy …

A cathode-less radio frequency (RF) thruster is a plasma-based system for space
propulsion. It consists on a source for plasma generation driven by an RF antenna and a …

Nowadays, the development of low Earth orbits'(LEO)-up to 2000 km-small satellites (SSs) is
of particular interest. Such SSs are supposed to use for effective telecommunication systems …

Atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) is a type of electric propulsion system that
uses the atmosphere as a propellant source instead of a stored reservoir. This technology is …

Ambipolar plasma thrusters are an appealing technology due to multiple system-related
advantages, including propellant flexibility and the absence of electrodes or neutralizer …

This study investigates the preliminary propulsive performances of a cathode-less plasma
thruster with air as its propellant. The analysis is carried out through a global model and …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-3407. vid Solid propellants are an
attractive alternative to xenon due to the generally larger storage densities, lower cost and …

Iodine becomes increasingly popular as alternative propellant for electric propulsion (EP)
systems offering several advantages over established xenon. However, iodine is also a …

Recently, a numerical tool for the simulation of plasma production within discharge
chambers, namely 3DVIRTUS, was developed for the simulation of Helicon Plasma …