Evaluation of the performance of the advanced 200mN radio frequency ion thruster RIT_XT

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

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Leiter, Hans J ^a   Killinger, Rainer ^a   Bassner, Helmut ^a   Müller, Johann ^a   Kukies, Ralf ^a   Fröhlich, Thomas ^a  

^a AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH SPECIFIC IMPULSE; INTERPLANETARY PROBE; ION PROPULSION SYSTEMS; ON-BOARD SPACECRAFTS; ORBITAL MANEUVERS; PROPULSION SYSTEM; RADIO FREQUENCY ION THRUSTERS; TYPICAL APPLICATION;

ION PROPULSION; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; SPACECRAFT;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 84896694099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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