NASA NTRS · 20060040232
JPL micro-thrust propulsion activities
Abstract
Formation flying and microspacecraft constellation missions pose new propulsion requirements. Formationflying spacecraft, due to the tight positioning and pointing control requirements, may need thrust control within 1- 20 uN to an accuracy of 0.1 uN for LISA and ST-7, for example. Future missions may have extended thrust ranges into the sub - mN range. However, all do require high specific impulses (>500 sec) due to long required thruster firings.
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Mueller, J., Marrese, C., Ziemer, J., Green, A., Yang, E., Mojarradi, M., Johnson, T., White, V., Bame, D.. 2002-09-09. JPL micro-thrust propulsion activities. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060040232
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