Status of the next ion engine wear test

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Soulas, George C ^a   Domonkos, Matthew T ^a   Kamhawi, Hani ^a   Patterson, Michael J ^a   Gardner, Michael M ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM CURRENTS; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; ENGINEERING MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; THRUST EFFICIENCY; THRUSTER PERFORMANCE;

PROPULSION;

ION ENGINES;

EID: 84897585466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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