A miniature solid-propellant rocket motor has been developed to impart a specific motion to an object deployed in space. This rocket motor effectively eliminated the need for a cold-gas thruster system or mechanical spin-up system. A low-energy igniter, an XMC4397, employing a semiconductor bridge was used to ignite the rocket motor. The rocket motor was ground-tested in a vacuum tank to verify predicted space performance and successfully flown in a Sandia National Laboratories flight vehicle program.


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    Title :

    Miniature solid propellant rocket motor


    Contributors:
    M. C. Grubelich (author) / M. Hagan (author) / E. Mulligan (author)

    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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