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Spacecraft with integrated pulsed-plasma thrusters

US6585193B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 10, 2001
Grant dateJul 1, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF03H1/00
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Various ways of integrating pulsed plasma thrusters with a spacecraft. In one embodiment, pulsed plasma thrusters are mounted on inflatable struts/booms. In another embodiment, pulsed plasma thrusters are mounted within a recess formed on an exterior surface of the spacecraft body.

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