Air-Breathing Ramjet Electric Propulsion for Controlling Low-Orbit Spacecraft Motion to Compensate for Aerodynamic Drag

A. I. Erofeev; A. P. Nikiforov; G. A. Popov; M. O. Suvorov; S. A. Syrin; S. A. Khartov

doi:10.1134/S0038094617070048

Air-Breathing Ramjet Electric Propulsion for Controlling Low-Orbit Spacecraft Motion to Compensate for Aerodynamic Drag

Authors: Erofeev A.I.¹, Nikiforov A.P.¹, Popov G.A.², Suvorov M.O.², Syrin S.A.², Khartov S.A.²
Affiliations:
1. Zhukovskii Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute
2. Research Institute for Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics (RIAME MAI)
Issue: Vol 51, No 7 (2017)
Pages: 639-645
Section: Article
URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0038-0946/article/view/170894
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094617070048
ID: 170894

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Problems on designing the air-breathing ramjet electric propulsion thruster for controlling loworbit spacecraft motion are examined in the paper. Information for choosing orbits’ altitudes for reasonable application of an air-breathing ramjet electric propulsion thruster and propellant exhaust velocity is presented. Estimates of the probable increase of gas concentration in the area of air-breathing ramjet ionization are presented. The test results of the thruster are also given.