AFRL MicroPPT development for small spacecraft propulsion

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Spanjers, Gregory G ^a   Bromaghim, Daron R ^a   Lake, James ^a   Dulligan, Michael ^a   White, David ^b   Schilling, John H ^b   Bushman, Stewart ^b   Antonsen, Erik L ^c   Burton, Rodney L ^c   Keidar, Michael ^d   Boyd, Iain D ^d  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WE Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY; INTENSIFIED CCD; MODEL PREDICTION; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; POCKELS CELL; REACTION WHEELS; THRUST STAND; THRUSTER PLUMES;

ATTITUDE CONTROL; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; SPACECRAFT;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 84896692829     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (20)

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