Status of the dawn ion propulsion system

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Brophy, John R ^a,b   Ganapathi, Gani B ^a,c   Garner, Charles E ^a,d   Gates, Jason ^a,e   Lo, John ^a,f   Marcucci, Michael G ^a,b   Nakazono, Barry ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Thermal and Propulsion Technology Section   (United States)

^c Propulsion Flight Systems Group

^d Advanced Propulsion Technology Group   (United States)

^e Avionics System Engineering Section   (United States)

^f Mechanical Engineering Sec

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SPACE; ION PROPULSION SYSTEMS; LAUNCH VEHICLE; MISSION DURATION; SCIENCE MISSIONS; SINGLE FAULT; TIME PERIODS;

FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; IONS; LAUNCHING; NASA; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; XENON;

ION PROPULSION;

EID: 84869706405     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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8. Brophy, J. R., et al., "The Ion Propulsion System For Dawn, AIAA-2003-4542, presented at the 2003 Joint Propulsion Conference, July 20-24, 2003.
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11. Anderson, J. R., personal communication, June 2004.
12. Goebel, D., personal communication, June 2004.
13. Rubenstein, T., Boeing EDD, e-mail dated October 23, 2004.
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