Very high delta-V missions to the edge of the solar system and beyond enabled by the dual-stage 4-grid ion thruster concept

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 64, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 735-744

  Bramanti, C ^a   Izzo, D ^a   Samaraee, T ^a   Walker, R ^a   Fearn, D ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b EP SOLUTIONS SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ION PROPULSION; IONS; LAUNCHING; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; POWER TRANSMISSION; PROBES; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE PROBES; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT ESCAPE SYSTEMS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

ARIANE 5; DELTA-V; DELTA-V MISSIONS; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; DUAL STAGES; EARTH ESCAPES; GRIDDED ION THRUSTERS; HIGH SPECIFIC IMPULSE; HIGH-POWER; ION THRUSTERS; KUIPER BELT OBJECTS; LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUMS; LOW-THRUST TRAJECTORIES; OORT CLOUDS; OPTIMISATION; PAYLOAD MASS; POWER SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES; POWER SYSTEMS; PROBE MISSIONS; SCIENTIFIC PAYLOADS; SOLAR ARRAYS; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSIONS; SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; TEST PROGRAMME; THRUST DENSITIES; TRANSFER TIME;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 60549110377     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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