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Micropulsed plasma thrusters for attitude control of a low-earth-orbiting cubesat

Gatsonis et al., 2016

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8786177558416761836
Author
Gatsonis N
Lu Y
Blandino J
Demetriou M
Paschalidis N
Publication year
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Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

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This study presents a 3-Unit CubeSat design with commercial-off-the-shelf hardware, Teflon®-fueled micropulsed plasma thrusters, and an attitude determination and control approach. The micropulsed plasma thruster is sized by the impulse bit and pulse frequency …
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