Magazine Article

Actuator Controls Valving in Micro-Satellite Thruster

TBMG-10034

10/01/2006

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In the 1980s and 1990s, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena, CA) began developing advanced microsystems and microelectronics technologies and components for future space applications. One of these experimental designs, the Micro-Inspector Spacecraft, is capable of visual inspection of a host space vehicle with support from NASA’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. The piezoelectric actuator in the Micro-Inspector’s propulsion system is from Dynamic Structures and Materials (DSM, Franklin, TN), and controls the many valves of the satellite’s engines.

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"Actuator Controls Valving in Micro-Satellite Thruster," Mobility Engineering, October 1, 2006.
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Oct 1, 2006
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TBMG-10034
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English