ISTS2023

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Oral Session

b) Electric and Advanced Propulsion

[b-14] Air-breathing Engine

Fri. Jun 9, 2023 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM Kurumeza 3F (Kurumeza 3F)

Masahito Tagawa (Kobe University), Akira Kakami (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

4:00 PM - 4:20 PM

[2023-b-49] Design development of an RF helicon-based plasma thruster for a VLEO platform

Konstantinos Papavramidis1, *Jonathan Skalden1, Georg Herdrich1, Nabil Souhair2, Francesco Romano3 (1. University of Stuttgart, Institute of Space Systems, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, 2. University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy, 3. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swiss Plasma Center (SPC), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland)

Keywords:Very-Low Earth Orbit, Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion, RF-Helicon Plasma Thruster