Orbit transfer with a variable thrust Hall thruster under drag

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 875-881

  Raitses, Y ^a   Guelman, M ^b   Ashkenazy, J ^c   Appelbaum, G ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ORBITAL TRANSFER; ROCKET ENGINES;

HALL THRUSTERS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0033361749     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3506     Document Type: Article

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