Evaluating the miniaturisation of a monopropellant thruster

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 42nd Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 2419-2433

  Barley, Sarah ^a,c   Palmer, Phil L ^a,b,c   Coxhill, Ian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DECOMPOSITION; IMPACT TESTING; SPACECRAFT;

CATALYST BEDS; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST VELOCITY; POWDER CATALYST;

PROPELLANTS;

EID: 34249309904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-4549     Document Type: Conference Paper

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