Economic benefits of the use of non-toxic mono-propellants for spacecraft applications

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Bombelli, Vittorio ^a   Simon, Dieter ^a   Marée, Ton ^b   Moerel, Jean Luc ^b  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GRADING; GROUND OPERATIONS; HYDRAZINE; MANUFACTURE; PROPELLANTS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT;

FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT; GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; RELIABILITY AND SAFETIES; SATELLITE MANUFACTURERS; SPACECRAFT APPLICATION; SPACECRAFT CONSTELLATIONS; VERIFICATION-AND-VALIDATION;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 85087593863     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-4783     Document Type: Conference Paper

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