Deep-Space Exploration Enabled by CubeSats with Staged Electrospray Propulsion
From their beginnings as an educational experiment, CubeSats have grown to a popular technology development platform and a capable tool for scientific missions. Deep-space CubeSats have been limited to rideshare launches thus far, acting as companions to enhance large missions or using propulsion to...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2024
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/155314 |