TY - GEN
T1 - MEMS thruster system for cubesat orbital maneuver applications
AU - Huang, Adam
AU - Yang, Eui Hyeok
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper reviews the previously developed attitude control micro-thruster propulsion unit (The Aerospace Corporation) and a high pressure piezoelectric microvalve (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and follows up with a conceptual development effort that is currently underway to optimize the benefits of merging these two technologies. The goal is to provide orbital maneuver capabilities for future Air Force and NASA nano/pico-satellite missions, such as inspector satellites for post launch diagnostics, sparse array antennas, field measurements of space weather events, and the calibration of atmospheric drag in the thermosphère. The piezoelectric microvalve developed is capable of low power (3mW), high speed (> 1kHz), and high pressure (70 bar absolute). The target warm gas Newton level propulsion system dry mass is 200 grams and with a volume of < 100 cm3 and the intended first mission is to provide CubeSats the ability to operate at orbits of choice rather than opportunity.
AB - This paper reviews the previously developed attitude control micro-thruster propulsion unit (The Aerospace Corporation) and a high pressure piezoelectric microvalve (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and follows up with a conceptual development effort that is currently underway to optimize the benefits of merging these two technologies. The goal is to provide orbital maneuver capabilities for future Air Force and NASA nano/pico-satellite missions, such as inspector satellites for post launch diagnostics, sparse array antennas, field measurements of space weather events, and the calibration of atmospheric drag in the thermosphère. The piezoelectric microvalve developed is capable of low power (3mW), high speed (> 1kHz), and high pressure (70 bar absolute). The target warm gas Newton level propulsion system dry mass is 200 grams and with a volume of < 100 cm3 and the intended first mission is to provide CubeSats the ability to operate at orbits of choice rather than opportunity.
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U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2009-12675
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2009-12675
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77954259325
SN - 9780791843857
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings
SP - 931
EP - 936
BT - Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 2009, IMECE 2009
T2 - ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009
Y2 - 13 November 2009 through 19 November 2009
ER -