Increasingly Safe, High-Energy Propulsion System for Nano-Satellites

Cold Gas Propulsion System – An Ideal Choice for Remote Sensing Small Satellites

MEMS Technology for Optical Crosslink for Micro/Nano Satellites

We report on a novel, compact twodimensional (2D) scanning micromirror for free space optical crosslinks for micro and nano satellites. Using a novel micromachined structure called MicroElevator by Self-Assembly (MESA) [1], the micromirror is suspended above the substrate by several hundred micrometers. Large mirror size and wide scanning range are achieved simultaneously. Large number of resol...

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Integrated Propulsion System

In this study an initial concept is described. This shows the possibility of connecting axially an ordinary jet engine, a ramjet engine and a scramjet engine. Furthermore rocket mode is also available in this design. The different modes can be changed by this integrated system as easily as the different modes, or nosecone stages can be changed by ordinary jet engines below and above the speed o...

Modular Micro Propulsion System

M.C. Louwerse, H.V. Jansen, J.L.P.A. Moerel, H.M. Sanders, B.T.C. Zandbergen Dept. of Transducer Science & Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands TNO Defence, Security and Safety, P.O. Box 45, 2280 AA Rijswijk, The Netherlands Dept. of Earth Observation and Space Systems, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5058, 2600 GB Delft, The Netherlands ema...