Life extension strategies for shuttle-deployed small satellites using pulsed plasma thrusters

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 785-791

  Tilley, Dennis L ^a,b   Spores, Ronald A ^a,b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DRAG; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PERFORMANCE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PROPELLANTS; SERVICE LIFE; SPACE SHUTTLES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

LIFE EXTENSION STRATEGIES; PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS; SHUTTLE DEPLOYED SMALL SATELLITES;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0031269079     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3287     Document Type: Article

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