The invention discloses a time-of-flight
mass spectrometry device for characterizing different-angle performance of an
electrospray thruster, and belongs to the field of testing of emission performance of the
electrospray thruster. The device comprises a
flight time mass spectrum device, a thruster rotating
system, a thruster, a power supply
system and a
data acquisition device. The time-of-flight
mass spectrometry device comprises an electrostatic door device, a particle flight tube section and a collection device. The thruster device comprises an
electrospray thruster, an electrospray thruster rotating
system and a fixing device. The collecting device is a stainless steel round
pipe with a
flange, and an insulating spacer, a
metal grid mesh and a collecting plate are placed in the round
pipe. According to the invention, the
wire mesh wraps the
transmission line for transmitting the current
signal on the collection plate, so that
electromagnetic interference is reduced. The emission angle of the electrospray thruster is controlled through the electric rotating table outside the vacuum cabin, the rotating angle of the thruster is accurately controlled, plume velocities of the electrospray thruster at different angles are measured, and the thrust and
specific impulse of the electrospray thruster at different angles are calculated through measured data.