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Jifei Ye, Sibo Wang, Hao Chang, Yanji Hong, Nanlei Li, Weijing Zhou, Baoyu Xing, Bangdeng Du and Chengyin Xie
Laser micro-thrust technology is a type of propulsion that uses a laser beam to ablate a propellant such as a metal or plastic. The ablated material is expelled out the back of the spacecraft, generating thrust. The technology has the advantages of high ...
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Tomasz Palacz and Jacek Cieslik
The paper is part of the research aimed at determining if the vortex flow pancake (VFP) hybrid rocket engine is feasible as green in-space chemical propulsion. The objective of this study is to test an N2O/HDPE VFP hybrid ignited with N2O/C3H8 torch igni...
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Christian Paravan, Anwer Hashish and Valerio Santolini
Hybrid rocket engines (HREs) offer a low-cost, reliable, and environmentally friendly solution for both launch and in-space applications. Hybrid propellants have been identified as green thanks to their use of non-toxic, non-carcinogenic oxidizers. Of pa...
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Christopher Glaser, Jouke Hijlkema and Jérôme Anthoine
Hybrid rocket propulsion, first demonstrated by the Russian GIRD-09 rocket in 1933, combines liquid oxidizer and solid fuel for thrust generation. Despite numerous advantages, such as enhanced safety, controllability, and potential environmental benefits...
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Su-Jin Choi, Hongjae Kang, Keejoo Lee and Sejin Kwon
The Korean National Space Council recently released ?Mars Exploration 2045? as part of its future strategic plan. The operations for a Mars explorer can be defined based on domestically available capabilities, such as ground operations, launch, in-space ...
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Mario F. Palos, Pekka Janhunen, Petri Toivanen, Martin Tajmar, Iaroslav Iakubivskyi, Aldo Micciani, Nicola Orsini, Johan Kütt, Agnes Rohtsalu, Janis Dalbins, Hans Teras, Kristo Allaje, Mihkel Pajusalu, Lorenzo Niccolai, Marco Bassetto, Giovanni Mengali, Alessandro A. Quarta, Nickolay Ivchenko, Joan Stude, Andris Vaivads, Antti Tamm and Andris Slavinskisadd Show full author list remove Hide full author list
The electric solar wind sail, or E-sail, is a novel deep space propulsion concept which has not been demonstrated in space yet. While the solar wind is the authentic operational environment of the electric sail, its fundamentals can be demonstrated in th...
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Simone La Luna, Nicola Foletti, Luca Magni, Davide Zuin and Filippo Maggi
In the field of space propulsion, self pressurized technology is an example of innovation capable of improving system performances through reduction of volumes and other optimizations. Potential applications are widespread and not limited to the propulsi...
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Ahmed E. S. Nosseir, Angelo Cervone and Angelo Pasini
Current research trends have advanced the use of ?green propellants? on a wide scale for spacecraft in various space missions; mainly for environmental sustainability and safety concerns. Small satellites, particularly micro and nanosatellites, evolved f...
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Shambhavi Nandan, Christophe Fochesato, Mathieu Peybernes, Renaud Motte and Florian De Vuyst
Compressible multi-materialflows are encountered in a wide range of natural phenomena and industrial applications, such as supernova explosions in space, high speed flows in jet and rocket propulsion, underwater explosions, and vapor explosions in post a...
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Michael Zaberchik, Dan R. Lev, Eviatar Edlerman and Avner Kaidar
Adelis-SAMSON is a nano-satellite mission aimed at performing geo-location of target signals on Earth using a tight three-satellite formation in space. To maintain formation, each nano-satellite is equipped with a cold gas propulsion system. The design, ...
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