NEXT ion thruster performance dispersion analyses

Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 2049-2061

  Soulas, George C ^a,b   Patterson, Michael J ^a,b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Propulsion and Propellants Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING MODEL; POWER PROCESSORS;

DISPERSIONS; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPACE FLIGHT;

ION PROPULSION;

EID: 36749005700     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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