The invention discloses a hydraulic-electric combined space thruster, comprising a
combustion chamber, a catalyst, an insulator, an
anode, a
sprayer nozzle, a permanent
magnet ring and a power supplysystem. Catalyst particles are filled in a
combustion chamber. A circular through hole is formed between two end faces of the insulator, and the insulator is installed in the
combustion chamber and ison downstream of the catalyst (along the flow direction of a
propellant, the same below). Geometric profile of the
anode is the same with that of the insulator, and the
anode is installed in the
combustion chamber and is on downstream of the insulator. The
sprayer nozzle is connected with the
tail of the
combustion chamber. The permanent
magnet ring is nested on the
tail end outside the
combustion chamber. The positive pole of the power supply
system is connected with the anode, and a negative pole is connected with the catalyst. A liquid
rocket engine and a
plasma rocket engine are integrated in one hydraulic-electric combined space thruster, so that one engine has two working
modes. When an aircraft executes low
orbit tasks, the aircraft works by using a combustion
propellant (chemicalenergy of the
propellant is converted into
kinetic energy). When the aircraft performs high-
orbit or deep-
space exploration missions, the aircraft uses
plasma propulsion to work (converts
kinetic energy of a power source into
kinetic energy), so that one thruster can meet different mission requirements of the aircraft, thereby reducing total
mass of a
spacecraft.