A solid fuel pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) has been designed, built and flight qualified for the LES-8/9 program (due to be launched in March 1975). The satellite attitude control system will contain six PPTs for orbit acquisition, east-west stationkeeping, three-axis attitude control and station changes. Each thruster has fuel for 2650 lb-s total impulse and at 25 w generates 69 micropounds thrust at 1100 s specific impulse. A prototype thruster has passed flight qualification shock and vibration tests and operational lifetime. (Modified author abstract)


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    Titel :

    Flight Qualified Pulsed Electric Thruster for Satellite Control


    Beteiligte:
    R. J. Vondra (Autor:in) / K. I. Thomassen (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1973


    Format / Umfang :

    10 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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    R. J. VONDRA AND K. I. THOMASSEN | AIAA | 1974


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    R. J. Vondra / K. I. Thomassen | NTIS | 1973



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