Development of an advanced nano-satellite VELOX-II a micro-thruster system

ABSTRACT Ever since Russia’s launch of the Zond-2 satellite in 1964, over fifty years of research had been invested in the study of the first electric propulsion device to fly in space, the Pulsed Plasma Thruster. The Pulsed Plasma Thruster originated from the development of the vacuum arc switch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Liew, Kenneth Guo Wei
Other Authors: Low Kay Soon
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59402