Medium power applied-field MPD thrusters for large satellites and their evaluation on the international space station

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 398, 1997, Pages 309-315

  Auweter Kurtz, Monika ^a   Kurtz, Helmut ^a   Krülle, Gerd ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b Turbomachinery and Flight Propulsion   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

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EID: 5244355699     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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