Microwave electrothermal propulsion for space

作者: J.L. Power

DOI: 10.1109/22.141350

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摘要: The microwave electrothermal thruster (MET) is attractive for medium- or high-power spacecraft propulsion. A propellant gas heated by passing it through a plasma discharge created in resonant cavity tuning either the TM

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