Diode laser-driven microthrusters: A new departure in high specific impulse, long life engines

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Phipps, Claude ^a   Luke, James ^b   Marquis, John ^b  

^a PHOTONIC ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINES; ORBITS; PROPULSION; VAPORS;

COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY; HIGH SPECIFIC IMPULSE; LOW EARTH ORBIT(LEO); LOW-VOLTAGE SEMICONDUCTORS; MINIMUM IMPULSE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; STANDARD TECHNOLOGY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 84896458676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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