High specific impulse, high power ion engine operation

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Rawlin, Vincent K ^a   Soulas, George C ^a   Williams, George J ^a   Roman, Robert F ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINE OPERATIONS; HIGH SPECIFIC IMPULSE; HIGH-VOLTAGES; HOLE PATTERNS; INTERSTELLAR MISSIONS; PERFORMANCE TESTS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; THRUSTER EFFICIENCY;

PROPULSION;

EID: 84896693385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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