Performance testing of a resistojet thruster for small satellite applications

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Lawrence, Timothy J ^a   Sweeting, Martin ^b   Paul, Malcolm ^b   Sellers, J J ^c   LeDuc, J R ^d   Malak, J B ^d   Spanjers, G G ^d   Spores, R A ^d   Schilling, J ^e  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c European Office of Aerospace Research and Development   (United Kingdom)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID PROPELLANTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORBITS; PACKED BEDS; PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS; SAFETY VALVES; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SMALL SATELLITES; SPACE SHUTTLES; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERFORMANCE TESTING; RESISTOJET THRUSTERS; SAFETY REQUIREMENTS; SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY; SMALL-SATELLITE APPLICATIONS; SPACE SHUTTLE ALTITUDE; UNIVERSITY OF SURREY;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 85086056258     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3933     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Lawrence T.J., “Research into Water Resistojets for Small Satellite Application”, MPhil./Ph.D. Transfer Report, Department of Electrical Engineering, CSER, University of Surrey, Guildford UK, Sep 1996.
2. th Annual AIAA/USU Small Satellite Conference, Logan, Utah, September 1997.
3. Lawrence, T. “Research into Resistojet Rockets for Small Satellite Applications”, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, CSER, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK June, 1998.
4. LeDuc, J.R., et. al. (1997), “Mission Planning, Hardware Development, and Ground Testing for the Pulsed Plasma Thruster (PPT) Flight Demonstration on MightySat II. 1”, 33rd Joint Propulsion Conference, Seattle, WA. AIAA 97-2779