Evaluation of the United Kingdom ion thruster

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 739-747

  Crofton, Mark W ^a,b,c  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Technol Operations Mechanics P   (United States)

^c AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ION PROPULSION; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; XENON;

ON ORBIT PROPULSION SYSTEM; SATELLITE STATIONKEEPING; UNITED KINGDOM; XENON ION THRUSTER SYSTEM;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

EID: 0030230677     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.26829     Document Type: Review

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