An investigation of stationary plasma thruster performance with krypton propellant

31st Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1995, Pages

  Marrese, Colleen ^a   Gallimore, Alec D ^a   Haas, James ^a   Foster, John ^a   King, Brad ^a   Kim, Sang Wook ^a   Khartov, Sergei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MOSCOW AVIATION INSTITUTE NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FLOW RATE; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA THEORY; PROBES; PROPULSION;

DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; INTERPLANETARY SPACE; OPERATING REGIMES; PLUME DIVERGENCE; RETARDING POTENTIAL ANALYZER; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; STATIONARY PLASMA THRUSTER; THRUSTER EFFICIENCY;

PROPELLANTS;

EID: 5244240260     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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