Development of Electric and Chemical Microthrusters

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Thrust</td><td align="center">1–5 N</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Specific impulse</td><td align="center">320 s</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><svg height="11.425" id="M36" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 11.025 11.425" width="11.025" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg>V</td><td align="center">500 ms<svg height="15.8375" id="M37" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 13.4375 15.8375" width="13.4375" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Maximum dry mass</td><td align="center">400 g</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Maximum volume</td><td align="center">0.8 L</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Satellite classes</td><td align="center">10–100 kg</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Performance parameters of the bipropellant thruster system.

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Table 4: Development of Electric and Chemical Microthrusters 