Micro Newton Thruster Development Direct Thrust Measurements and Thr

Franz Georg Hey summarises the development and testing of a micro-Newton thrust balance, as well as the downscaling of a High Efficiency Multistage Plasma Thruster to micro-Newton thrust levels. The balance is tailored to fully characterise thruster candi

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Micro Newton Thruster Development Direct Thrust Measurements and Thruster Downscaling

Micro Newton Thruster Development

Franz Georg Hey

Micro Newton Thruster Development Direct Thrust Measurements and Thruster Downscaling

Franz Georg Hey Friedrichshafen, Germany Dissertation, Dresden University of Technology, 2017 with the title “Development and Test of a Micro-Newton Thruster Test Facility and Micro-Newton HEMPTs”

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Acknowledgements This work has been performed in the Laboratory for Enabling Technologies of Airbus in Friedrichshafen in close collaboration with the Dresden University of Technology and the University of Bremen / DLR Bremen. Therefore, I want to thank my colleagues at Airbus, in particular Ulrich Johann, Dennis Weise, Noah Saks, Karlheinz Eckert, Ewan Fitzsimons, Hans Reiner Schulte, Andreas Keller, Harald Kögel, Oliver Mandel, Max Vaupel and Marjetka Kastner. From the Dresden University of Technology, I want to thank Martin Tajmar. I would like to acknowledge the support of Martin Gohlke, Thilo Schuldt, Tim Brandt and Claus Braxmaier in Bremen. The Radio Frequency Ion Thruster tested has been provided by the ArianeGroup, thanks go to Christian Altmann and Hans Leiter, Marcel Berger. My special acknowledgement goes to Günter Kornfeld, whose idea it was to use a cusp structured magnetic field as a thruster. Lastly, I would like to thank Karolin and my family for t