The invention discloses a liquid-electric combination space thruster, which comprises a
combustion chamber, a catalyst, an insulator, an
anode, a
nozzle, a permanent
magnet ring and a power supply
system. The catalyst particles are filled inside the
combustion chamber; a circular through hole is opened between the two end faces of the insulator, and installed in the
combustion chamber, located downstream of the catalyst (along the flow direction of the
propellant, the same below); the geometric shape of the
anode and the insulator The same, and installed in the
combustion chamber, located downstream of the insulator; the
nozzle is connected to the
tail of the
combustion chamber; the permanent
magnet ring is nested at the outer
tail of the
combustion chamber; the positive pole of the power supply
system is connected to the
anode, and the negative pole is connected to the catalyst . The present invention integrates the liquid
rocket engine and the
plasma rocket engine into a liquid-electric combined space thruster, so that one engine has two working
modes, and the aircraft uses the mode of burning
propellant to work when performing low-
orbit missions (the propulsion The
chemical energy of the agent is converted into
kinetic energy), and the aircraft uses
plasma propulsion when performing high-
orbit or deep-
space exploration missions (converting the
kinetic energy of the power supply into
kinetic energy), so that one thruster can meet the needs of different missions of the aircraft, thereby reducing the total
mass of the
spacecraft.