Design and In-orbit Demonstration of REGULUS, an Iodine electric propulsion system
N Bellomo, M Magarotto, M Manente, F Trezzolani… - CEAS Space …, 2022 - Springer
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) …
manufactured at the Italian company Technology for Propulsion and Innovation SpA (T4i) …
Development of a lumping methodology for the analysis of the excited states in plasma discharges operated with argon, neon, krypton, and xenon
N Souhair, M Magarotto, E Majorana, F Ponti… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
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 …
and temperature) accounting for the dynamics of the excited states. The proposed strategy …
Numerical model of a helicon plasma thruster
M Magarotto, M Manente, F Trezzolani… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article is devoted to the presentation of a numerical model of a Helicon Plasma Thruster
(HPT) which relies on: 1) the 3-D adVanced fluId dRifT diffUsion plaSma solver (3D …
(HPT) which relies on: 1) the 3-D adVanced fluId dRifT diffUsion plaSma solver (3D …
Numerical suite for cathodeless plasma thrusters
This work focuses on a numerical suite targeted at cathodeless plasma thrusters. A Global
Model is used for preliminary estimation of the propulsive performance. In the plasma …
Model is used for preliminary estimation of the propulsive performance. In the plasma …
Characterisation of a thermionic plasma source apparatus for high-density gaseous plasma antenna applications
A Daykin-Iliopoulos, F Bosi, F Coccaro… - Plasma Sources …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A thermionic plasma source apparatus has been developed and characterised for high-
density gaseous plasma antenna (GPA) applications. The system produces a cylindrical …
density gaseous plasma antenna (GPA) applications. The system produces a cylindrical …
Parametric study of a cathode-less radio frequency thruster
M Magarotto, D Pavarin - IEEE Transactions on Plasma …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …
propulsion. It consists on a source for plasma generation driven by an RF antenna and a …
Fully kinetic model of plasma expansion in a magnetic nozzle
A self-consistent model is presented for performing steady-state fully kinetic particle-in-cell
simulations of magnetised plasma plumes. An energy-based electron reflection prevents the …
simulations of magnetised plasma plumes. An energy-based electron reflection prevents the …
Semi-analytical model of a helicon plasma thruster
This article is devoted to the presentation of a semianalytical model of a helicon plasma
thruster based on: 1) a 0-D global source model (GSM) for the simulation of the plasma …
thruster based on: 1) a 0-D global source model (GSM) for the simulation of the plasma …
Direct experimental comparison of krypton and xenon discharge properties in the magnetic nozzle of a helicon plasma source
AE Vinci, S Mazouffre - Physics of Plasmas, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Helicon plasma sources currently represent an active field of research in the domain of low-
temperature plasmas due to several interesting characteristics for in-space propulsion …
temperature plasmas due to several interesting characteristics for in-space propulsion …
Simulation of the plume of a magnetically enhanced plasma thruster with SPIS
A three-dimensional fully kinetic particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation strategy has been
implemented to simulate the acceleration stage of a magnetically enhanced plasma thruster …
implemented to simulate the acceleration stage of a magnetically enhanced plasma thruster …