Low-cost orbit manoeuvres for minisatellites using novel resistojet thrusters

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 223-231

  Sweeting, M N ^a   Lawrence, T ^a,b   Leduc, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Minisatellites; Propulsion; Resistojet thrusters

Indexed keywords

LIQUID PROPELLANTS; PACKED BEDS; SATELLITES; SILICON CARBIDE;

MINISATELLITES; ORBIT MANOEUVRES; PULSED PLASM THRUSTERS (PPT); RESISTOJET THRUSTERS;

ORBITS;

EID: 0007643547     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095441009921300403     Document Type: Article

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4. LeDuc, J. R., et al. Mission planning, hardware development, and ground testing for the pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) flight demonstration on MightySat II. 1. In 33rd Joint Propulsion Conference, Seattle, Washington, paper AIAA 97-2779, 1997.