Plasma interactions with high voltage solar arrays for a Direct Drive Hall Effect Thruster System

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Schneider, T ^a   Hovater, M ^a   Carruth, M R ^a   Mikellides, I G ^b   Jongeward, G A ^b   Peterson, T ^c   Kerslake, T W ^c   Snyder, D ^c   Ferguson, D ^c   Hoskins, A ^d  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d AEROJET ROCKETDYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT-DRIVE SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HALL EFFECT THRUSTER SYSTEMS; HALL EFFECT THRUSTERS; HIGH VOLTAGE SOLAR ARRAYS; OPERATIONAL LIMITS; PLASMA ENVIRONMENTS; VOLTAGE WAVEFORMS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; NASA; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PROPULSION; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 84897585547     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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