Test Stand Firing
August 4, 1998
FIRING THE MICRO-THRUSTER produces, in this early prototype,
0.1 mN of impulse and 100 W of power.
The thrust plume is visible to the right of the chip.
This series of images was acquired at 4,500 frames per second.
| t = -0.44 msec |
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| t = -0.22 msec |
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| t = 0.00 msec |
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| t = +0.22 msec |
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| t = +0.44 msec |
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| t = +0.67 msec |
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| t = +0.89 msec |
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| t = +1.11 msec |
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| t = +1.33 msec |
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| t = +1.55 msec |
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| t = +1.78 msec |
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| t = +2.00 msec |
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Mon Sep 21 17:34:03 PDT 1998
