Radioisotope electric propulsion missions utilizing a common spacecraft design

International Astronautical Federation - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2700-2707

  Fiehler, Douglas ^a   Oleson, Steven ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASA; ORBITS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT;

FEASIBILITY DESIGN; RADIOISOTOPE ELECTRIC PROPULSION (REP); SPACECRAFT DESIGN;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 34249108898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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