In one embodiment, a method includes collecting and compressing air with an air-scoop that includes an air inlet that air molecules enter the air-scoop through at approximately an orbital speed when the air-scoop is moving through an atmosphere at approximately the orbital speed and a rotor configured to be rotated by a motor at approximately a rotational speed. The method also includes providing the collected and compressed air for supply to a thruster as propellant.


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    Title :

    TURBOMOLECULAR AIR-SCOOP FOR SATELLITE AIR-BREATHING ELECTRIC PROPULSION


    Additional title:

    TURBOMOLEKULARES LUFTGERÜST FÜR ELEKTRISCHEN ANTRIEB DURCH LUFTATMEN VON SATELLITEN
    BUSE D'ADMISSION D'AIR TURBOMOLÉCULAIRE POUR PROPULSION ÉLECTRIQUE AÉRIENNE PAR SATELLITE


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2024-08-28


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



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