Scientific space missions require a very high accuracy of positioning and orientation of the satellites in order to meet their objectives. Such accuracy can be obtained through a set of positioning thrusters, which need to be able to generate very low forces with high precision. This result can be obtained using cold gas thrusters. A method for the design and the forecast of the expected performance of such thrusters will be presented.


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    Title :

    Performance analysis of a microthruster for satellite applications


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    Publication date :

    2017-06-01


    Size :

    287170 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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