Overview and research status of the JAXA 150-mN ion engine

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 61, Issue 1-6, 2007, Pages 360-366

  Kitamura, Shoji ^a   Ohkawa, Yasushi ^a   Hayakawa, Yukio ^a   Yoshida, Hideki ^a   Miyazaki, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; SPACE RESEARCH; SPUTTERING;

BACK SPUTTERING; ION PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY; POWER CONDITIONER DEVELOPMENT; SPACE EXPLORATION;

ION PROPULSION;

EID: 34248229633     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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