Specific impulse (usually abbreviated Isp) is a measure of how efficiently a reaction mass engine, such as a rocket using propellant or a jet engine using...

System-specific Impulse, Issp is a measure that describes performance of jet propulsion systems. A reference number is introduced, which defines the total...

The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) is an electrothermal thruster under development for possible use in spacecraft propulsion....

impulse response, or impulse response function (IRF), of a dynamic system is its output when presented with a brief input signal, called an impulse (δ(t))...

respect to time Impulse noise (disambiguation) Specific impulse, the change in momentum per unit mass of propellant of a propulsion system Impulse function,...

both at once (see spacecraft propulsion for more speculative systems). Specific impulse (Isp) measures how much thrust can be derived from a given mass...

2005. Retrieved September 21, 2016. Ross, F.W. (1960). Propulsive System Specific Impulse. General Atomics GAMD-1293 8 Feb. 1960. San Diego, California,...

In classical mechanics, impulse (symbolized by J or Imp) is the change in momentum of an object. If the initial momentum of an object is p1, and a subsequent...

Infinite impulse response (IIR) is a property applying to many linear time-invariant systems that are distinguished by having an impulse response h (...

with propellant. It uses Saiph bipropellant thrusters which have a specific impulse (Isp) of 290 s. It can impart a delta-v of from 500 m/s with 300 kg...

have reasonably high density and their combustion products have high specific impulse (Isp). This allows the volume of the propellant tanks to be relatively...

propulsion system's specific impulse and thrust/weight ratio relative to conventional rocket propulsion. For example, hydrogen can provide a specific impulse of...

India or China. Environmental concerns with electricity generation, in specific the contribution of fossil fuel burning to climate change, have led to...

domain, just as the impulse response characterizes systems in the time domain. In linear systems (or as an approximation to a real system neglecting second...

in meters^2(m^2). Specific impulse is how efficiently the fuel of the MET is used to create thrust. The formula for specific impulse is given as: I s p...

a high specific impulse, and a high specific impulse per unit volume of propellant should be considered. Overview of the specific impulses of propellants...

more common). Typically, this system works as follows: During the initial high-impulse orbit-raising maneuvers, the system operates in a bipropellant fashion...

{\displaystyle I_{\text{sp}}} is the specific impulse h PR {\displaystyle h_{\text{PR}}} is fuel heat of reaction Specific impulse is often used as the unit of...

gravity (g0) converts specific impulse from the mass basis to the weight basis. A propulsion system with a higher specific impulse uses the mass of the...

electrostatic ion thruster called HiPEP which will have higher efficiency, specific impulse, and a longer lifetime than NSTAR.[citation needed] In 2006, Aerojet...

the equilibrium of the system. The impulse response and step response are transient responses to a specific input (an impulse and a step, respectively)...

In signal processing, a finite impulse response (FIR) filter is a filter whose impulse response (or response to any finite length input) is of finite...

propellant temperatures and therefore higher specific impulses, approaching 1200 seconds. Even the lower specific impulse represents a significant increase over...

interplanetary missions due to their high specific impulse. Many space agencies developed plasma propulsion systems, including the European Space Agency,...

rockets) are classified by total impulse into a set of letter-designated ranges, from 1⁄8A up to O. The total impulse is the integral of the thrust over...

thrust and impulse density, allowing for smaller, lighter tanks. In the second, it burns only hydrogen, allowing for greater specific impulse. The RD-701...

or one propellants, respectively. Tripropellant systems can be designed to have high specific impulse and have been investigated for single-stage-to-orbit...

Space Shuttle main engine. With refinements a theoretical maximum specific impulse of 100,000 s (980 km/s) (1 MN·s/kg) might be possible. Thrusts were...

airspeed. In effect the engine can operate at any point along the specific impulse (Isp) curve - high Isp at low speed or low Isp at high speed. It is...

Starship system. SpaceX [@SpaceX] (3 August 2024). "Performance stats of previous versions: Raptor 1 (sea level variant) Thrust: 185tf Specific impulse: 350s...