Micropropulsion for Small Spacecraft

Download or read book Micropropulsion for Small Spacecraft written by Michael Matthew Micci and published by AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics). This book was released on 2000 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Micropropulsion is an enabling technology for microspacecraft operations. This work reports on the state of the art in micropropulsion concepts and activities, with survey papers, and sections on electrothermal, electrostatic, and electromagnetic thrusters and components. Topics include system considerations and design options, predicted performance and systems analysis of the free molecule micro-reistojet, and very low-power arcjets. Micci teaches aerospace engineering at Pennsylvania State University. Ketsdever is on the research staff at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Propulsion Directorate. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR