The status of ion propulsion development and implementation at JPL in 2003

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Brophy, John ^a   Anderson, John ^a   Beatty, John ^a   Goebel, Dan ^a   Goodfellow, Keith ^a   Johnson, Lee ^a   Katz, Ira ^a   Kolasinski, Rob ^a   Marrese, Colleen ^a   Polk, James ^a   Sengupta, Anita ^a   Snyder, Steve ^a   Wirz, Richard ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION TECHNIQUES; ION PROPULSION SYSTEMS; JET PROPULSION LABORATORY; JUPITER ICY MOONS ORBITERS; NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION; TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVELS;

CATHODES; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; NASA; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; TECHNOLOGY;

ION PROPULSION;

EID: 84897772422     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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11. Snyder, J. S., Brophy, J. R., Goodfellow, K. D., and Fitzgerald, D., "Development and Testing of Carbon-Based Ion Optics for 30-cm Ion Thrusters, " AIAA-2003-4716, to be presented at the 2003 Joint Propulsion Conference, Huntsville, AL, July 20-23, 2003.
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13. Wirz, R., Mueller, J., Marrese, C., Polk, J., "Development Of A Miniature Ion Thruster, " AIAA-2003-4722, to be presented at the 2003 Joint Propulsion Conference, Huntsville, AL, July 20-23, 2003.
14. Katz, I., Anderson, J., Goebel, D., Wirz, R., and Sengupta., A., "Plasma Generation Near an Ion Engine Discharge Chamber Hollow Cathode, " AIAA-2003-5161, to be presented at the 2003 Joint Propulsion Conference, Huntsville, AL, July 20-23, 2003.
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