Experimental measurements of colloid thruster plumes in the ion-droplet mixed regime

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

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Lozano, Paulo ^a   Martínez Sánchez, Manuel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOID THRUSTERS; ELECTRO-STATIC FOCUSING; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH DISPERSION; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MEASUREMENTS OF; POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

AMIDES; DROPS; ELECTROSTATIC LENSES; PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

IONS;

EID: 84896869774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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