PULSE PLASMA THRUSTER AND SPACECRAFT USING THIS THRUSTER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly reliable pulse plasma thruster and a spacecraft using this thruster with a simple constitution for finely adjusting propulsion while lengthening the service life by increasing a generating impulse by effectively using a propellant.;SOLUTION: This pulse plasma thruster is formed by arranging discharge chambers 2a and 2b for forming its part of the propellant 8, a cathode 3, anodes 4a and 4b and an igniter 6 in a thruster unit 1, and is characterized by arranging the discharge chambers 2a and 2b in a plurality, and arranging an induction passage 7 for communicating with at least two or more among the discharge chambers 2a and 2b.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT