In a spacecraft for operating a thruster that includes a microwave source, a resonant cavity, and a source of propellant which the thruster converts to hot gas and directs via a nozzle to generate thrust, a method includes operating the thruster in an ignition mode in which the microwave source outputs power at a first rate, and operating the thruster in a propulsion mode in which the microwave source outputs power at a second rate higher than the first rate.
SPACECRAFT PROPULSION DEVICES AND SYSTEMS WITH MICROWAVE EXCITATION
ANTRIEBSVORRICHTUNGEN FÜR RAUMFAHRZEUG UND SYSTEME MIT MIKROWELLENANREGUNG
DISPOSITIFS ET SYSTÈMES DE PROPULSION D'ENGIN SPATIAL AVEC EXCITATION MICRO-ONDES
2024-05-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / H01J Elektrische Entladungsröhren oder Entladungslampen , ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS / F03H PRODUCING A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR , Erzeugung von Vortriebskraft [Schub] nach dem Prinzip des Rückstoßes, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen |
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