Development of an ion thruster and power processor for new millennium’s deep space 1 mission

33rd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Sovey, James S ^a   Hamley, John A ^a   Haag, Thomas W ^a   Patterson, Michael J ^a   Pencil, Eric J ^a   Peterson, Todd T ^a   Pinero, Luis R ^a   Power, John L ^a   Rawlin, Vincent K ^a   Sarmiento, Charles J ^a   Anderson, John R ^b   Decker, Raymond A ^b   Brophy, John R ^b   Polk, James E ^b   Benson, Gerald ^c   Bond, Thomas A ^c   Cardwell, G I ^c   Christensen, Jon A ^c   Freick, Kenneth J ^c   Hamel, David J ^c   Hart, Stephen L ^c   McDowell, John ^c   Norenberg, Kirk A ^c   Phelps, T Keith ^c   Solis, Ezequiel ^c   Yost, Harold ^c   Matranga, Michael ^d   more..

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Hughes Electron Dynamics   (United States)

^d Spectrum Astro Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ION PROPULSION; IONS; NASA; PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

DEMONSTRATION TESTS; DIGITAL CONTROL AND INTERFACE UNITS; ENGINEERING MODELING; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; POWER PROCESSING UNITS; QUALIFICATION TEST; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; XENON FEED SYSTEMS;

ACCEPTANCE TESTS;

EID: 84962800186     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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