Micro pulsed plasma thruster technology development

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Simon, Daniel H ^a,b   Land, H Bruce ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JHU/APL Research and Technology Development Center

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG-TERM OPERATION; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

LIQUID PROPELLANTS; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMAS; SOLID PROPELLANTS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 77957838460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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