Name | STEP-1 (Staged Electrospray Pathfinder 1) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 3U |
Status | not launched, expected in 2023 |
Organisation | MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | US |
Oneliner |
Technology demonstration mission for the staged electrospray propulsion system. |
Description |
Technology demonstration mission for the staged electrospray propulsion system developed as part of the High Specific Impulse Electrospray Explorer for Deep Space (HiSPEED) project in NASA's Small Spacecraft Technology Program. The primary goals of the mission are to demonstrate the use of a staged configuration in order to increase the total impulse delivered by state-of-the-art propulsion systems based on microfabricated electrospray thrusters and to use these thrusters for orbital control maneuvers in CubeSats. STEP-1 Demonstrates:
**STEP-1 Provides: **
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Sources | [1] [2] |
Photo sources | [1] |
Keywords | Propulsion |
Last modified: 2023-06-09
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