Study of Thermal State of the Main Discharge Simulation Unit of Stationary Plasma Thruster Microelectronic Simulator

The paper presents the results of thermal tests of the main discharge simulation unit as the most thermally loaded unit of the stationary plasma thruster microelectronic simulator being developed at Moscow Aviation Institute. The processes of establishing the stationary temperature distributions in various modes of operation of the unit are analyzed. Spatial temperature distributions of the unit body have been obtained, which are planned to be used in designing the layout of a microelectronic simulator of a stationary plasma thruster.