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Optimization of Electrospray Thruster Configuration and Control Allocation for Spacecraft Attitude Control.
Rel. Elisa Capello, Giuseppe Di Pasquale, Manuel Sanjurjo Rivo. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Aerospaziale, 2024
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The space economy is rapidly changing due to the establishment of small satellites, which provide an affordable access to space. Small satellites, built on the advances in miniaturization of many critical technologies, can be used for remote sensing, scientific measurements, and communications applications. Among the above-mentioned critical technologies, it is possible to find propulsion, which is being miniaturized into efficient and reliable systems. This introduces the possibility of using thrusters as attitude actuators, replacing, or complementing the currently available systems, such as reaction wheels or magnetorquers. Specifically, electric propulsion-based thrusters can play a prominent role in the feasibility of the mission due to their small dimensions, efficiency, and reliability.
Electric thrusters like electrospray and Field Emission Electric Propulsion (FEEP) are able to provide extremely low torques to obtain a high pointing accuracy as proven for the LISA Pathfinder mission
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