Resilient, nanostructured, high-current, and low-voltage neutralizers for electric propulsion of small spacecraft in low earth orbit

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 476, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fomani, A A ^a   Akinwande, A I ^a   Velasquez Garcia L F ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

CONTINUOUS EMISSION; CURRENT EMISSIONS; ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS; LOW EARTH ORBIT(LEO); LOW VACUUM ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; ROBUST PROCESSING; SMALL SPACECRAFTS;

ORBITS;

EID: 84891779370     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/476/1/012014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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