Compact vvacuum arc micro-thruster for small satellite systems

37th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Qi, Niansheng ^a   Schein, Jochen ^a   Binder, Robert ^a   Krishnan, Mahadevan ^a   Anders, Andre ^b   Polk, Jay ^c  

^a ALAMEDA APPLIED SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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