Study on Heat Exchange Structure Design and Propulsion Performance of Solar Thermal Thruster

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<div>Comparison between the experimental results and the simulation results of 1D simplified model.</div>

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Figure 16: Study on Heat Exchange Structure Design and Propulsion Performance of Solar Thermal Thruster 