Plume and discharge plasma measurements of an NSTAR-type ion thruster

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

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Foster, John E ^a   Soulas, George C ^a   Patterson, Michael J ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION EXCHANGE; ION PROPULSION; LANGMUIR PROBES; NASA; PLASMA THEORY; SPACE FLIGHT;

CHARGE EXCHANGES; DISCHARGE CHAMBER; DISCHARGE PLASMA; LANGMUIR PROBE MEASUREMENTS; PLASMA CONDITIONS; PLASMA POTENTIAL; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; THRUSTER PLUMES;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 84896444209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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