Indium FEEP multiemitter development and test results

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Genovese, A ^a   Tajmar, M ^a,b   Buldrini, N ^a   Scheerer, M ^a   Semerad, E ^a,c   Steiger, W ^a  

^a ARC Seibersdorf research ^*  (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Department of ARCS Aerospace Technology ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER PROTOTYPE; DESIGN APPROACHES; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; EMITTER ARRAYS; ENDURANCE TESTING; FUTURE MISSION; LISA PATHFINDER; MICROTHRUSTER; POWER SUPPLY; REPRODUCIBILITIES; TEST RESULTS; THRUST LEVELS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; PROPULSION;

INDIUM;

EID: 84869717970     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

1. Genovese, A., Tajmar, M., Buldrini, N., and Steiger, W., "2000h Endurance Test of an Indium FEEP Microthruster Cluster", Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 20, No. 2, March-April 2004
2. Fehringer, M., Ruedenauer F., and Steiger, W., "Space-Proven Indium Liquid Metal Field Ion Emitters for Ion Microthruster Applications", 33rd Joint Propulsion Conference, AIAA 97-3057, Seattle, 1997.
3. Tajmar, M., Genovese, A., and Steiger, W., "Indium FEEP Microthruster Experimental Characterization", Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 20, No. 2, March-April 2004.
4. Tajmar, M., and Genovese, A., "Experimental Validation of a Mass Efficiency Model for an Indium Liquid Metal Ion Source", Applied Physics A, Vol. 76, No. 6, pp. 1003-1006, 2003.
5. Genovese, A., Buldrini, N., Tajmar, M., and Steiger, " 2000h Endurance Test of an Indium FEEP Cluster", 28th International Electric Propulsion Conference, IEPC2003-102, Toulouse, France, 2003.
6. th International Spacecraft Propulsion Conference, Cagliari, Italy, 2004.