Thrust production mechanism of a magnetoplasma sail

34th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Funaki, I ^a   Asahi, R ^a   Yamakawa, H ^b   Fujita, K ^b   Ogawa, H ^b   Nonaka, S ^b   Sawai, S ^b   Kuninaka, H ^b   Otsu, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SPACE MISSIONS; DENSE PLASMA; ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS; LOW DENSITY; POWER RATIO; PRODUCTION MECHANISMS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOPLASMA; SOLAR WIND; SPACE FLIGHT;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84897584871     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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