Novice Researcher In Electric Propulsion
Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
This is a scientific initiation project based on the theme of electric propulsion and focused on carrying out a literature review on the performance of Pulsed Plasma Thrusters (PPTs) for SmallSats. Research into PPTs has been carried out at the Space Systems Laboratory (LaSE) at the University of Brasilia, Gama School (UnB/FGA) for a number of years. In addition to theoretical studies and numerical simulations, it aims to carry out experiments, analyze missions, verify applications and build a PPT prototype so that there is an applied and verifiable experimental study at UnB.