Design and In-orbit Demonstration of REGULUS, an Iodine electric propulsion system

被引：40

作者：

Bellomo, Nicolas ^{[1
]}

Magarotto, Mirko ^{[2
]}

Manente, Marco ^{[1
]}

Trezzolani, Fabio ^{[1
]}

Mantellato, Riccardo ^{[1
]}

Cappellini, Lorenzo ^{[1
]}

Paulon, Devis ^{[1
]}

Selmo, Antonio ^{[1
]}

Scalzi, Davide ^{[1
]}

Minute, Marco ^{[3
]}

Duzzi, Matteo ^{[1
]}

Barbato, Alessandro ^{[1
]}

Schiavon, Alessandro ^{[1
]}

Di Fede, Simone ^{[3
]}

Souhair, Nabil ^{[4
]}

De Carlo, Paola ^{[2
]}

Barato, Francesco ^{[2
]}

Milza, Fabiana ^{[1
]}

Toson, Elena ^{[1
]}

Pavarin, Daniele ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Technol Prop & Innovat SpA, Padua, Italy

[2] Univ Padua, Dept Ind Engn, Padua, Italy

[3] Univ Padua, Ctr Studies & Act Space Giuseppe Colombo, Padua, Italy

[4] Univ Bologna, Dept Ind Engn, Forli, Italy

来源：

CEAS SPACE JOURNAL | 2022年 / 14卷 / 01期

关键词：

CubeSat propulsion; REGULUS; Iodine propellant; Plume analysis; In-orbit Demonstration; PLASMA ANTENNAS;

D O I：

10.1007/s12567-021-00374-4

中图分类号：

V [航空、航天];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0825 ;

摘要：

REGULUS is an Iodine-based electric propulsion system. It has been designed and manufactured at the Italian company Technology for Propulsion and Innovation SpA (T4i). REGULUS integrates the Magnetically Enhanced Plasma Thruster (MEPT) and its subsystems, namely electronics, fluidic, and thermo-structural in a volume of 1.5 U. The mass envelope is 2.5 kg, including propellant. REGULUS targets CubeSat platforms larger than 6 U and CubeSat carriers. A thrust T = 0.60 mN and a specific impulse I-sp = 600 s are achieved with an input power of P = 50 W; the nominal total impulse is I-tot = 3000 Ns. REGULUS has been integrated on-board of the UniSat-7 satellite and its In-orbit Demonstration (IoD) is currently ongoing. The principal topics addressed in this work are: (i) design of REGULUS, (ii) comparison of the propulsive performance obtained operating the MEPT with different propellants, namely Xenon and Iodine, (iii) qualification and acceptance tests, (iv) plume analysis, (v) the IoD.

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页码：79 / 90

页数：12

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