The feasibility of hollow cathode ion thrusters: A preliminary characterization

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Croftont, Mark W ^a,b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Laboratory Operations/Space Materials Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION PROPULSION; PROPULSION;

CHARGE STATE DISTRIBUTION; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; HOLLOW CATHODES; ION EMISSIONS; ION THRUSTER SYSTEMS; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER; RETARDING POTENTIAL ANALYZER; VIEWING ANGLE;

CATHODES;

EID: 33846586725     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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