Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology
出版者
宇宙航空研究開発機構宇宙科学研究本部
出版者(英)
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The Project of Osaka-Institute-of-Technology Electric-Rocket-Engine onboard Small Space Ship (PROITERES) was started at Osaka Institute of Technology in 2007. In PROITERES, a 10-kg small satellite with electrothermal pulsed plasma thrusters (PPTs), named JOSHO, will be launched in 2010. The main mission is powered flight of small satellite by electric thruster itself. This study aims at improvement in performance by changing configuration of PPTs.The PPT with a discharge room diameter of 3.0 mm and an insulator length of 10.0 mm stably generated the highest impulse bit of 350 microNs.