Performance evaluation of an expanded range XIPS ion thruster system for NASA science missions

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1520-1531

  Oh, David Y ^a,b,c   Goebel, Dan M ^a,c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Systems Engineering Section   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Advanced Propulsion Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SPACE MISSIONS; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (SEP) SYSTEM; XENON ION PROPULSION SYSTEM (XIPS);

ASTEROIDS; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE RENDEZVOUS; SPACE RESEARCH;

NASA;

EID: 34249287944     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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