Post-test analysis of the deep space one spare flight thruster ion optics

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Anderson, John R ^a   Sengupta, Anita ^a   Brophy, John R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SPACE; DEEP SPACE ONES; DEFOCUSING; DEPOSITED MATERIALS; ENERGETIC ION; GRID POWER; GRID THICKNESS; HOLE FORMATION; ION OPTICS; ION OPTICS SYSTEMS; LIFE-LIMITING MECHANISMS; LIFE-TESTS; POST-TEST ANALYSIS; SCREEN GRIDS; SPUTTER EROSION; SPUTTERED MATERIALS;

IONS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PROPULSION; TESTING;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 84869703648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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