Batch-fabricated CW microthrusters for kilogram-class spacecraft

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1-11

  Jansom, Siegfried W ^a   Helvajiari, Henry ^a   Hansen, William W ^a   Lodmell, John ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Lieutenant USAF Space and Missile Systems Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ION ENGINES; IONIZATION OF GASES; MEMS; NANOSATELLITES; NOZZLES; PROPULSION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SUBSTRATES;

BATCH FABRICATION; COLD-GAS THRUSTERS; CONTROL ELECTRONICS; FIELD IONIZATION; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); MICROSATELLITES; STANDARD CMOS PROCESS; THRUSTER SYSTEM;

FABRICATION;

EID: 84963877442     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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