2.3 kW ion thruster wear test

31st Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1995, Pages

  Patterson, Michael J ^a   Rawlin, Vincent K ^a   Sovey, James S ^a   Kussmaul, Michael J ^a   Parkes, James ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION PROPULSION; IONS; NASA; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

COMPONENT LIFE; ENGINEERING MODELING; ION THRUSTER; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION; PRIMARY PROPULSION; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS; THRUSTER DESIGN; VALIDATION TEST;

ION ENGINES;

EID: 36749082715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1995-2516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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