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The project of the space train “Titanplane” for astronauts’ regular delivery onto Titan—a satellite of the planet Saturn, is being considered. At the first stage of the flight, with the help of a carrier rocket equipped with a chemical rocket engine, astronauts are delivered to the International Space Station (ISS). To deliver astronauts from Earth’s orbit to Titan’s orbit, a space train has been designed consisting of six rockets equipped with superconducting electric and chemical rocket engines. For the first time for the movement of a space train, a superconducting electric rocket engine has been developed, equipped with three working chambers, the magnetic field in which is created by two opposite connected flat electromagnets wound from superconducting wire. To supply the electric motor with electric current, an on-board power plant has been developed, consisting of a gas-phase nuclear reactor, a superconducting magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) alternator and a cryoturbogenerator. The working substance for creating the jet thrust of an electric rocket engine—hydrogen is stored in liquid state in two cryogenic tanks—containers located along the longitudinal axis of the train. In the bow of the space train in the tank-container with the working substance there is a shaft rotating in a superconducting bearing. The shaft has a cylindrical nozzle, on which, with the help of docking units two takeoff and landing capsules are installed for landing and takeoff from the surface of Titan. When the shaft rotates in the capsules, a centrifugal force equal to the earth’s gravity occurs. Refueling a space train with liquid hydrogen in Titan’s orbit is carried out by a space refueler with a chemical rocket engine. The developed space train is capable of delivering six astronauts regularly to any point. When the shaft rotates in the capsules, a centrifugal force equal to the earth’s gravity occurs. Refueling a space train with liquid hydrogen in Titan’s orbit is carried out by a space refueler with a chemical rocket engine. The developed space train is capable for regularly delivering six astronauts to any point on the surface of Titan in 65 days.

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Feasibility of Electric Propulsion System for the Regular Flights onto Titan

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    2025年

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  • Jörg Kammermann,
  • Igor Bolvashenkov,
  • Staša Gejo,
  • Andrey Brazhnikov,
  • Alexander Rubinraut,
  • Ilia Frenkel

摘要

The project of the space train “Titanplane” for astronauts’ regular delivery onto Titan—a satellite of the planet Saturn, is being considered. At the first stage of the flight, with the help of a carrier rocket equipped with a chemical rocket engine, astronauts are delivered to the International Space Station (ISS). To deliver astronauts from Earth’s orbit to Titan’s orbit, a space train has been designed consisting of six rockets equipped with superconducting electric and chemical rocket engines. For the first time for the movement of a space train, a superconducting electric rocket engine has been developed, equipped with three working chambers, the magnetic field in which is created by two opposite connected flat electromagnets wound from superconducting wire. To supply the electric motor with electric current, an on-board power plant has been developed, consisting of a gas-phase nuclear reactor, a superconducting magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) alternator and a cryoturbogenerator. The working substance for creating the jet thrust of an electric rocket engine—hydrogen is stored in liquid state in two cryogenic tanks—containers located along the longitudinal axis of the train. In the bow of the space train in the tank-container with the working substance there is a shaft rotating in a superconducting bearing. The shaft has a cylindrical nozzle, on which, with the help of docking units two takeoff and landing capsules are installed for landing and takeoff from the surface of Titan. When the shaft rotates in the capsules, a centrifugal force equal to the earth’s gravity occurs. Refueling a space train with liquid hydrogen in Titan’s orbit is carried out by a space refueler with a chemical rocket engine. The developed space train is capable of delivering six astronauts regularly to any point. When the shaft rotates in the capsules, a centrifugal force equal to the earth’s gravity occurs. Refueling a space train with liquid hydrogen in Titan’s orbit is carried out by a space refueler with a chemical rocket engine. The developed space train is capable for regularly delivering six astronauts to any point on the surface of Titan in 65 days.