Development and demonstration of a cathodeless electron cyclotron resonance ion thruster

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1022-1026

  Kuninaka, Hitoshi ^a,b,c   Satori, Shin ^a,b,c  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Electric Propulsion   (Japan)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON EMISSION; ION SOURCES; MICROWAVES; PLASMAS; PROPELLANTS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; THERMIONIC EMISSION; XENON;

CATHODELESS ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE ION THRUSTERS;

ION PROPULSION;

EID: 0032207143     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5369     Document Type: Article

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