Assessment of plasma interactions and flight status of the HAYABUSA asteroid explorer propelled by microwave discharge ion engines

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5 II, 2006, Pages 2125-2132

  Kuninaka, Hitoshi ^a,b   Nishiyama, Kazutaka ^a   Funaki, Ikko ^a   Shimizu, Yukio ^a   Yamada, Tetsuya ^a   Kawaguchi, Jun'ichiro ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep space maneuver; Ion engines; Microwave discharge; Plasma interactions

Indexed keywords

ION PROPULSION; MANEUVERABILITY; MICROWAVES; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

BEAM EXHAUST TEST; ION ENGINE SYSTEM; MICROWAVE DISCHARGE ION ENGINES; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM;

WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EID: 33750420003     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.876513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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