Micro newton colloid thruster for ST7-DRS mission

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Gamero Castano M ^a   Hruby, V ^a   Spence, D ^a   Demmons, N ^a   McCormick, R ^a   Gasdaska, C ^a   Falkos, P ^a  

^a Busek Co Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL CONTROL AND INTERFACE UNITS; ELECTROSPRAY SOURCE; LASER INTERFEROMETER SPACE ANTENNA; OFFICE OF SPACE SCIENCE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POWER PROCESSING UNITS; SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT TECHNIQUES;

BANDWIDTH; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; NASA; NOISE FIGURE; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 84897585291     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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