RIT15S - a radio frequency ion engine for high specific impulse operation

37th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Leiter, Hans J ^a   Feili, D ^b  

^a AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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References (13)

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