We’ve looked into maiden flights of the launch vehicles since 2010 and investigated what did they launch, trying to find out how common are boilerplates such as the one in an upcoming SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch.
As we have seen, there is a limit on the ejection speed achievable by chemical propulsion rockets. But electric propulsion can overcome this limitation, reaching ejection speeds in excess of 50 km/s…
Space propulsion systems can fulfill numerous different roles. Depending on them and on the environment they will operate in, there will be a huge difference in priorities in thruster design…
There are many parameters involving spacecraft design, and especially, thruster design. One of them is mass reduction. The other one is the Specific Impulse…
Once the mechanism for rocket propulsion is known, space missions can be design. However, a question is still left open: how big is the thrust generated by a rocket? How much can it accelerate a spacecraft? The answer lies in the famous “rocket equation”…
What is the principle of spacecraft propulsion? Common solutions that work within the Earth will not work In the vacuum of space, with no air, no atmosphere and limited energy…