Microthrust propulsion for the LISA mission

40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Ziemer, John K ^a,c   Merkowitz, Stephen M ^b,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Advanced Propulsion Technology Group   (United States)

^d Laboratory of High Energy Astrophysics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD GAS; DISTURBANCE REDUCTION SYSTEMS; DRAG-FREE; FIELD EMISSION ELECTRIC PROPULSIONS; FORMATION FLYING; GRAVITATIONAL REFERENCE SENSORS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; HELIOCENTRIC ORBITS; LASER INTERFEROMETER SPACE ANTENNA; MEASUREMENT BANDWIDTH; MICHELSON-TYPE INTERFEROMETERS; MICRO THRUST; MICROTHRUSTER; NEWTON THRUSTERS; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; PROOF MASS; PROPULSION SYSTEM;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; FIELD EMISSION; GRAVITATION; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NASA; RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 77957829207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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