TdS1 THRUSTER
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 (Isp 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