Slit caesium thruster unit

Date: 27 September 2008
Satellite: LISA Pathfinder
Depicts: Slit caesium thruster unit
Location: ESTEC
Copyright: ESA/Astrium
This photograph shows a slit caesium thruster unit attached to the LISA Pathfinder science module during system level tests at ESTEC, The Netherlands, in September 2008.
This is one of two European micro-propulsion technologies being tested for LISA Pathfinder.
Last Update: 1 September 2019