IODINE PROPELLANT RF ION THRUSTER WITH RF CATHODE
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Feb 6, 2017
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Apr 7, 2016
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A thrust producing system includes an RF ion thruster with a discharge chamber having a gas inlet and an outlet, and a coil about the discharge chamber. The system further includes an RF cathode proximate the discharge chamber outlet of the RF ion thruster for ion beam neutralization. The RF cathode includes a discharge chamber having a gas inlet and an outlet and a coil about the discharge chamber. A tank for containing iodine in solid form and a heater associated with said tank to produce iodine vapor. A feed subsystem fluidly couples the tank with the RF ion thruster discharge chamber gas inlet and with the RF cathode discharge chamber gas inlet.
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