TdS1 THRUSTER

TdS meaning: Timore del Signore

TdS1 meaning : Timore del Signore ,variante 1

TdS1 (March 2003) is  an innovative  PNN thruster  capable of delivering at now  thrust with very high accuracy and controllability. It is a propellantless (no reaction mass or energy) system closed in a box.

The TdS1 technology is developed at Associazione Sviluppo Propulsione Spaziale (ASPS).

The application range of  TdS1 covers the .1 microNewton – 45.2 microNewton thrust range per watt.

Its specific impulse is very high and greather than phothon rocket and solar sails of a factor in the range of 1000 - 14000.

TdS1 is at now, for  low and very long thrust missions.

The thruster main features are:

• Very high specific impulse (I_sp in the range of 1.3 x 10^11 sec), i.e. no propellant consumption
• UHF power input
• Very low system mass and overall dimensions
• Ultra-fine thrust modulation capability, with high accuracy and resolution
• Absence of moving parts

DEVELPMENTS

Info in english about F432 (Sept. 2017)