Digital MicroPropulsion
Micro-Spacecraft Array © Aerospace Corporation
Phase I Prototype Digital MicroThruster Array
Exploded View of Phase I Digital MicroThruster Array
Top View of Phase I Digital MicroThruster Stack
Burst Diaphragms
Propellant Layer: Laser Fabricated Photo-Sensitive Glass
Initiator Layer
Initiator: 20 x 400 ?m Resistor
High Speed Video Images of Polysilicon Resistor Firing
Thrust Stand
June 2, 1998 Firing Sequence
August, 1998 Firing Sequence
MicroThruster Data
MicroThruster Test Data
Thrust Repeatability Test Data
“Little Bangs” Scientific American
3D Simulation of Cooperating Micro-Spacecraft
Summary
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