Characterization of a variable isp ionic liquid electrospray thruster beam

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 42nd Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 3242-3248

  Sumer S ^a,b   Lozano, P ^a,b,c   Martinez Sanchez, M ^a,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Aeronautics and Astronautics   (Italy)

^c Aeronautics and Astronautics   (Italy)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECELERATORS; ELECTROSPRAY THRUSTER; STAINLESS STEEL RODS;

DECELERATION; ELECTRODES; ION BEAMS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; STAINLESS STEEL; TUNGSTEN;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 34249275295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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