The pluto-new horizons RTG and power system early mission performance

Collection of Technical Papers - 4th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 309-316

  Ottman, Geffrey K ^a,b   Hersman, Christopher B ^a,b,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Space Department   (United States)

^c IEEE

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGSHIP SPACECRAFTS; MISSION PHASE; POWER SYSTEM DESIGN; RADIOISOTOPE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR (RTG);

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; MACHINE DESIGN; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33751427178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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