Micro-thruster Built By TRW Team Fires on Sub-orbital Test; Tiny Propulsion System Targets Future Microsatellites

(EMAILWIRE.COM, May 16, 2001 ) A micro-thruster array measuring one-quarter the size of a penny, designed by a TRW-led team (TRW:NYSE) for use on micro-, nano- and pico-satellites, has successfully demonstrated its functionality in a live fire test aboard a Scorpius sub-orbital sounding rocket. Individual...more