An evaluation of the discharge chamber of the 30,000 Hr life test of the deep space 1 flight spare ion engine

40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Garner, Charles E ^a,c   Sengupta, Anita ^a,c   Kulleck, James G ^a,c   Liu, Thomas M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Thermal and Propulsion Engineering Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SPACE; DISCHARGE CHAMBER; ION ENGINES; ION THRUSTER; LIFE-TESTS; MOLYBDENUM FILMS; TEST DATA; THRUSTER DESIGN;

GAS DISCHARGE TUBES; ION PROPULSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOLYBDENUM; PROPULSION;

TESTING;

EID: 77957828652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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