The ion propulsion system for dawn

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Brophy, John R ^a   Marcucci, Michael G ^a   Ganapathi, Gani B ^a   Garner, Charles E ^a   Henry, Michael D ^a   Nakazono, Barry ^b   Noon, Don ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAWN MISSIONS; DEEP SPACE; ION PROPULSION SYSTEMS; MISSION DURATION; SCIENCE MISSIONS; SINGLE FAULT; TIME-PERIODS;

NASA; PROPULSION;

ION PROPULSION;

EID: 84897585522     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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