Francesco Marchioni
Design and Performance Measurements of a long channel Hall thruster for air breathing electric propulsion.
Rel. Lorenzo Casalino. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Aerospaziale, 2020
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Abstract
Orbiting at extreme low altitudes represent both a great opportunity and an extreme challenge. Missions below 300 kilometers are characterized by an atmosphere too dense for non-propelled satellite orbit, yet not dense enough for conventional jet engines. These Very Low Earth Orbits (VLEO) provide new and unexplored market opportunities. Such missions however, would face the inevitable drag associated with the residual atmosphere and non-propelled orbits would rapidly decay, it is evident that new technologies must be engineered in order to access these new profitable altitudes. The concept of Air-Breathing (AB) electric propulsion allows dedicated systems to orbit at VLEO altitudes for prolonged periods through continuous drag compensation.
Continuous thrust would represent an unfeasibly big propellant tank, for such reason this task is achieved via a specifically designed system composed of an air intake and an electric thruster
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