立方体已经成为太空探索的重要参与者。它们的尺寸小和相对较低的成本使它们成为近年来商业发布的流行选择,但是将这种卫星推入太空的过程带来了许多问题。
Now, Purdue University researchers have developed a technology to address one of those key problems – the uncertainty of the ignition system that initiates the propulsion system of the CubeSats. Current ignition systems are unreliable and can be subject to significant and irreversible damage during the lifespan of the satellite.
“我们创造了一种使用纳秒长的脉冲,使点火和推进系统很长一段时间可靠地发挥作用。”“具体来说,我们已经成功地测试了点火系统的脉冲超过150万,并且在测试后仍保持运行且几乎完整。这是延长立方体电推进系统寿命的巨大飞跃。”
Their work aligns with Purdue’s Giant Leaps celebration, celebrating the university’s global advancements in space exploration as part of Purdue’s 150th anniversary. This is one of the four themes of the yearlong celebration’s Ideas Festival, designed to showcase Purdue as an intellectual center solving real-world issues.
Overall popularity of the CubeSats is heavily driven by the great advancement in miniaturization of electronic components and sensors that allows for new kinds of space missions and measurements using a CubeSat.
Shashurin说:“解决在航天器上提出的这些新挑战的规模要比往年小得多,这令人兴奋。”“ Cubesats的下一步是建立一个强大的推进系统,以进行必要的操纵和维护职责。”
Shashurin和他的团队与普渡大学技术商业化办公室合作,为该技术提供临时专利。
该作品发表在1月10日的版本等离子体研究快递。它也在上个月在圣地亚哥举行的美国航空和宇航学研究所在美国航空和宇航学院论坛上介绍。
该团队计划参加国家科学基金会的I-Corps计划,该计划为进行广泛的客户发现提供了支持,以最终的目标找到工业合作伙伴并将其商业化。
提交以下:Aerospace + defense
