Determination of the force transmitted by an ion thruster plasma plume to an orbital object

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Determination of the force transmitted by an ion thruster plasma plume to an orbital object

Author(s): Alpatov, A.; Cichocki, Filippo; Fokov, A.; Khoroshylov, S.; Merino Martínez, Mario; Zakrzhevskii, A.
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
Issued date: 2016-02
Citation: Acta astronautica, 119, Feb.-March 2016, Pp. 241-251
ISSN: 0094-5765
1879-2030 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2015.11.020
xmlui.dri2xhtml.METS-1.0.item-contributor-funder: European Commission
Sponsor: The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n°607457.
Project: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/607457/LEOSWEEP
Keywords: Electric propulsion , Plasma plume , Contactiess , Space Debris , Active debris removal , Ion beam shepherd , Beam shepherd
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10016/29197
Rights: © 2015 IAA. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Abstract:

An approach to determine the force transmitted by the plasma plume of an ion thruster to an orbital object immersed in it using its central projection on a selected plane is proposed. A photo camera is used to obtain the image of the object central projection. [+]

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