Development of a micro Pulsed Plasma Thruster for the Dawgstar nanosatellite

35th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Rayburn, Christopher ^a   Campbell, Mark ^a   Hoskins, W Andrew ^b   Cassady, R Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Primex Space Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE CONTROL; BUDGET CONTROL; ENERGY CONVERSION; IMPULSE TESTING; MICRO SATELLITES; NASA; ORBITS; PLASMA DEVICES; PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

CONTROL FUNCTIONS; DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCIES; ORBIT MAINTENANCE; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; PROPULSION SYSTEM; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON;

NANOSATELLITES;

EID: 85088755343     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-3256     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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