A modular device for a spacecraft includes a propulsion system having a tank, a plenum, and a manifold, wherein the propulsion system is integrally formed with a structural frame of the spacecraft. A method of manufacturing the modular device is also discussed, the method including utilizing an additive manufacturing process to construct the propulsion system.


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    Title :

    Integrated propulsion and primary structure module for microsatellites


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    Publication date :

    2017-10-24


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



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