Performance of the xenon feed system on Deep Space One

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 392-398

  Ganapathi, Gani B ^a   Engelbrecht, Carl S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Primex Aerospace Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANG BANG CONTROL SYSTEMS; CATHODES; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLOW CONTROL; ION PROPULSION; ROCKET ENGINES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; XENON;

XENON FEED SYSTEM;

REUSABLE ROCKETS;

EID: 0033717056     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3573     Document Type: Article

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