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Arcjet rocket
About: Arcjet rocket is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1121 publications have been published within this topic receiving 9687 citations. The topic is also known as: Arcjet.
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28 Jun 1993
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01 Oct 1979
TL;DR: In this article, a program was initiated at JPL to develop a self-field magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster for application on future spacecraft, and preliminary mission analyses showed that the high thrust density MPD arcjet is advantageous for high power missions, such as a short trip time earth orbit transfer vehicle or a nuclear powered outer planet explorer.
Abstract: Recent research results have inferred that the self-field magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster can attain efficiency and specific impulse levels which are competitive with ion thrusters. Based on these results, a program was initiated at JPL to develop this thruster for application on future spacecraft. Preliminary mission analyses have shown that the high thrust density MPD arcjet is advantageous for high power missions, such as a short trip time earth orbit transfer vehicle or a nuclear powered outer planet explorer. Direct thrust stand verification of the inferred performance levels used in these analyses is planned for a facility being assembled at Princeton University. A parallel effort at JPL is considering various thruster system configurations, energy storage concepts and propellant control techniques. In addition, a one pulse per second thruster test facility is planned at JPL to be used for thruster optimization studies including erosion and lifetime measurements.
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TL;DR: In this article, a 1-N class bipropellant thruster with arc plasma assisted combustion was proposed to develop a non-toxic, eco-friendly, and non-combustible bipropelling engine.
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