Life Test of Attitude Control and Station Keeping Subsystem

Abstract

This report describes a life test of an attitude control and station keeping subsystem which uses an electrically-heated ammonia propulsion system. A high-performance ammonia thruster and a zero-gravity ammonia feed system were operated in response to the stimulus of control electronics typical of future military spacecraft. This test was a continuation of a successful one-month demonstration test performed as the final task of a system development program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0866996

Entities

People

  • Walter F. Krieve

Organizations

  • TRW Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Capillary Tubes
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Control Systems
  • Crystal Structure
  • Detectors
  • Electron Beams
  • Flow Rate
  • Heat Energy
  • Life Tests
  • Materials
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Simulators
  • Spacecraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers