Design and development of the UK-10 ion propulsion system

32nd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1-13

  Gray, Howard ^a   Smith, Peter ^a   Fearn, David G ^b  

^a AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION PROPULSION; IONS; SPACE FLIGHT;

ARTEMIS; COMMERCIAL SPACECRAFT; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DRAG COMPENSATION; ION PROPULSION SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS; STATION KEEPING;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 84961960834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-3084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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