• DocumentCode
    1210824
  • Title

    Current Status of the Nuclear-Powered Arc Jet Rocket Engine

  • Author

    John, R.R. ; Connors, J. ; Mironer, A. ; Yarmovych, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Avco Corporation Wilmington, Massachusetts
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1962
  • Firstpage
    60
  • Lastpage
    77
  • Abstract
    The present paper is in the nature of a status report on the performance and possible application to space missions of the thermal arc jet rocket engine. The following areas are discussed: 1. Arc Jet Operation and Performance 2. Preliminary Arc Jet System Considerations 3. Orbit Transfer of a 24-Hour Communications Satellite The paper includes discussions of electrode configuration, liquid versus radiation-cooled engines, and arc engine starting, and contains speculations on a battery-powered flight test, cryogenic versus noncryogenic propellants, and alternating versus direct-current arc jet operation.
  • Keywords
    Artificial satellites; Electrodynamics; Electrostatics; Electrothermal effects; Ion accelerators; Jet engines; Kinetic energy; Plasma accelerators; Propulsion; Rockets;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-2015
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS2.1962.4315891
  • Filename
    4315891
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1210824