Use of cumulative degradation factor prediction and life test result of the thruster gimbal assembly actuator for the dawn flight project

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue SP-653, 2007, Pages

  Lo, C John ^a,b   Brophy, John R ^a   Etters, M Andy ^a   Ramesham, Rajeshuni ^a   Jones Jr , William R ^c   Jansen, Mark J ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Sest Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW (CDR); CUMULATIVE DEGRADATION FACTOR (CDF); ION PROPULSION SYSTEM (IPS);

DEGRADATION; ION PROPULSION; ORBITS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SPACECRAFT; STAINLESS STEEL;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84858461630     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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