Electric propulsion for solar system exploration

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 700-707

  Brophy, John R ^a,b,c   Noca, Muriel ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALL EFFECT DEVICES; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; ION PROPULSION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH;

HALL EFFECT THRUSTER SYSTEMS;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 0032165516     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5332     Document Type: Article

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