Spacecraft Propulsion
Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial satellites. In-space propulsion exclusively deals with propulsion systems used in the vacuum of space and should not be confused with space launch or atmospheric entry. Several methods of pragmatic spacecraft propulsion have been developed each having its own drawbacks and advantages. Most satellites have simple reliable chemical thrusters (often monopropellant rockets) or resistojet rockets for orbital station-keeping and some use momentum wheels for attitude control. Soviet bloc satellites have used electric propulsion for decades, and newer Western geo-orbiting spacecraft are starting to use them for north–south station-keeping and orbit …
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RAND Corporation · 25 April 2024 English
This report summarises the findings of a RAND study on the intersection of emerging technologies with the space domain out to 2040. It considers the implications of future technology trends …
systems, upgrades to the efficiency of spacecraft propulsion, and the integration of new instruments …
RIS: Research and Information System for Developing Countries · 11 December 2023 English
fewer resources and capacities are at the The disparities exist in the form of access disposal of the developing nations to and adoption of advanced technologies adapt and mitigate the …
member states and G20-2023 guest countries, spacecraft propulsion systems, ensuring the main event had the …
UKRI: UK Research and Innovation · 8 December 2023 English
The aim of this report is to share some of the most significant emerging technologies likely to be important to the UK’s industries of 2040 and beyond. Our 50 emerging …
propulsion. Includes electric propulsion, a spacecraft propulsion technique that uses electrostatic or electromagnetic …
ACUS: Atlantic Council of the United States · 25 April 2023 English
Atlantic Council GLOBAL ENERGY CENTER THE IMPERATIVE OF THE VERSATILE TEST REACTOR FOR NUCLEAR INNOVATION by Jackie Toth and Khalil Ryan THE IMPERATIVE OF THE VERSATILE TEST REACTOR FOR NUCLEAR …
Facility (TREAT),” in Nuclear Reactors: Spacecraft Propulsion, Research Reactors, and Reactor Analysis …
CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 30 May 2022 English
The focus here is Air Force and the SAM (Surface to Air Missile) to fit some of the larger visible pieces, amongst systems of the Russian Army, low training the …
complement the work being done nuclear-powered spacecraft propulsion demonstration in by DARPA and NASA in nuclear …
RI: Rideau Institute · 4 May 2022 English
1 Because the five countries that that the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons recognizes as nuclear-weapon states—China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—also are the …
missile system (Russia) KB Khimavtomatika Spacecraft propulsion and rocket engine design bureau (Russia) …
APL: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory · 2022 English
that would be vital for life support and spacecraft propulsion (Allen et al., 1996). The energy input …
APS: American Physical Society · 2020 English
Thrusters (HT) have been widely used for spacecraft propulsion. However, even though many studies have …
APL: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory · 2020 English
that would be vital for life support and spacecraft propulsion (Allen et al., 1996). The energy input …
