Stabilization and steering of a parabolic laser thermal thruster with an ignition device

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 65, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1599-1615

  Scharring, Stefan ^a   Hoffmann, Daniela ^b   Eckel, Hans Albert ^a   Röser, Hans Peter ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beam riding; Impulse coupling; Laser propulsion; Lightcraft; Parabolic thruster; Steering

Indexed keywords

BEAM RIDING; IMPULSE COUPLING; LASER PROPULSION; LIGHTCRAFT; PARABOLIC THRUSTER;

DETONATION; LASERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REFLECTION; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

MIRRORS;

EID: 70349780647     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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