- An
arcjet rocket or
arcjet thruster is a form of
electrically powered spacecraft propulsion, in
which an
electrical discharge (arc) is
created in a flow...
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referred to as a
Lorentz Force Accelerator (LFA) or (mostly in ****an) MPD
arcjet. Generally, a
gaseous material is
ionized and fed into an
acceleration chamber...
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Lockheed Martin A2100
satellites using hydrazine as a propellant.
Resistojet Arcjet Microwave Variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket (VASIMR) Electromagnetic...
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Current methods of
propelling a
spacecraft with
electricity include the
arcjet rocket, the
electrostatic ion thruster, the Hall-effect thruster, and Field...
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Pulsed plasma thruster Vacuum arc
thruster Helicon double-layer
thruster Arcjet rocket Resistojet rocket Microwave electrothermal thruster VASIMR Other...
- 40% higher.
Requires a lot of power,
hence typically yields low thrust.
Arcjet rocket (chemical
burning aided by
electrical discharge)
Identical to resistojet...
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Pulsed plasma thruster Vacuum arc
thruster Helicon double-layer
thruster Arcjet rocket Resistojet rocket Microwave electrothermal thruster VASIMR Other...
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propulsion concepts are the
electrodeless plasma thruster, the
microwave arcjet rocket, and the
pulsed inductive thruster. The propellant, a
neutral gas...
- cold gas
thruster using the same propellant.
Solar electric propulsion Arcjet rocket thruster Jahn,
Robert G.; Choueiri,
Edgar Y. (2002). "Electric Propulsion"...
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foundation of exploding-bridgewire detonators.
Electric arcs are used in
arcjet, a form of
electric propulsion of spacecraft. They are used in the laboratory...
