Of proposed electric propulsion schemes, including electrothermal, electrostatic, and electrodynamic devices, electrothermal arcjet appears closest to actual system; basic components are cathode, anode, and exit nozzle; typical 30-kw radiation cooled engine design considered is based on constricted arc configuration; arcjet mission that shows greatest promise is 24-hr communications satellite; circuit diagram of electrical conversion system for 30kw arcjet engine and launch packaging techniques for arcjet spacecraft designs indicated.
Feasibility of arcjet-propelled spacecraft
Astronautics
Astronautics ; 7 , n 6
1962
7 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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