Radioisotope electric propulsion for small robotic space probes

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 455-468

  Noble, Robert J ^a  

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIOCENTRIC FLIGHTS; ION THRUSTER; OUTER PLANETS; OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITIES; RADIOISOTOPE ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ROBOTIC SCIENCE; ROBOTIC SPACE PROBES;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ION PROPULSION; ROBOTICS; SPACE PROBES;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0009406225     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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