Pulsed plasma thruster electromagnetic compatibility: History, theory, and the flight validation on EO-1

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Hoskins, W Andrew ^a   Rayburn, Christopher ^a   Sarmiento, Charles ^b  

^a AEROJET ROCKETDYNE   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE INITIATION; ELECTRIC DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD MAGNITUDE; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; FLIGHT VALIDATION; HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE; MAGNETIC DIPOLE; PULSE ENERGIES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; PROPULSION; PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS; SPACECRAFT;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84897586336     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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