In one embodiment, a method includes collecting and compressing air with an air-scoop that includes an air inlet that air molecules enter the air-scoop through at approximately an orbital speed when the air-scoop is moving through an atmosphere at approximately the orbital speed and a rotor configured to be rotated by a motor at approximately a rotational speed. The method also includes providing the collected and compressed air for supply to a thruster as propellant.


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    Title :

    Turbomolecular Air-Scoop for Satellite Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion


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    Publication date :

    2025-07-17


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / F02K JET-PROPULSION PLANTS , Strahltriebwerke / 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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