Micropropulsion research at AFRL

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Gulczinski III, Frank S ^a   Dulligan, Michael J ^a   Lake, James P ^a   Spanjers, Gregory G ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VAPORS;

AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY; MICRO PROPULSION; ON-ORBIT SATELLITE SERVICING; OPERATIONAL POWER; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PLASMA THRUSTERS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SPACE-BASED SURVEILLANCES;

PROPULSION;

EID: 84894370925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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