The concept and development of a micro- fabricated colloid thruster array

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Velasquez, Luis F ^a   Carretero, Jorge A ^a   Ankinwande, Akintunde I ^a   Martinez Sanchez, Manuel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINES; FABRICATION; PROPULSION;

COLLOID THRUSTERS; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; ELECTRODE INTERFACE; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH GOALS; SELF-ALIGNING; SPACE PROPULSIONS;

SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 85088182542     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-4850     Document Type: Conference Paper

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