Plasma diagnostics and simulation for the SMART-1 mission

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 14-15, 2002, Pages 1355-1360

  Tajmar, M ^a,d   Gonzalez J ^a   Saccoccia, G ^a   Noci, G ^b   Laakso, H ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b LABEN SpA   (Italy)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Charge exchange plasma; Electric propulsion; Spacecraft interaction

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; QUARTZ; SENSORS;

PRIMARY ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036942080     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00129-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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