Oct 15
Matthew Robinson, Dr Angelo Grubisic, Georgios Rempelos, Dr Federico Romei, Christopher Ogunlesi and Dr Sharif Ahmed Materials & Design 0261-3069 Scopus rating (2019): CiteScore 13 SJR 1.806 SNIP 2.303 10.1016/j.matdes.2019.107907 Abstract This paper reports the outcome of endurance tests performed on a proof-of-concept design of a high-temperature resistojet thruster. A high-performance resistojet could enable a fully all-electric spacecraft …
May 18
Matthew Robinson, Dr Angelo Grubisic, Dr Federico Romei and Christopher Ogunlesi Space Propulsion 2018 14/05/18 → 18/05/18 Seville, Spain Introduction The potential of an all-electric spacecraft is enhanced by the possibility of a single integrated propellant supply. A common propellant choice is xenon. This creates new performance demands for a high-temperature xenon resistojet, elevating the hot gas …
May 18
Dr Federico Romei, Dr Angelo Grubisic, Matthew Robinson and Dave Gibbon Space Propulsion 2018 14/05/18 → 18/05/18 Seville, Spain Abstract This paper presents the performance testing of the Super-high Temperature Additive Resistojet (STAR) prototype, the first additively manufactured resistojet thruster with a novel monolithic design of heat exchanger. In this paper, operation of the concept was demonstrated …
May 18
Christopher Ogunlesi, Dr Angelo Grubisic, Dr Federico Romei and Matthew Robinson Space Propulsion 2018 14/05/18 → 18/05/18 Seville, Spain Abstract Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has used a low power hot gas system known as a resistojet since 2002, which uses either Butane or Xenon as propellant. This system has flown on 20 spacecraft including the European …
