Chemical propulsion systems with potential application to microsatellites are classified by propellant phase, i.e. gas, liquid, or solid. Four promising concepts are selected based on performance, weight, size, cost, and reliability. The selected concepts, in varying stages of development, are advanced monopropellants, tridyne(TM), electrolysis, and solid gas generator propulsion. Tridyne(TM) and electrolysis propulsion are compared vs. existing cold gas and monopropellant systems for selected microsatellite missions. Electrolysis is shown to provide a significant weight advantage over monopropellant propulsion for an orbit transfer and plane change mission. Tridyne(TM) is shown to provide a significant advantage over cold gas thrusters for orbit trimming and spacecraft separation.


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    Title :

    Chemical Microthruster Options


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Joint Propulsion Conference ; 1996 ; Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States


    Publication date :

    1996-10-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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