The effect of propellant temperature on efficiency in the pulsed plasma thruster

33rd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Spanjers, Gregory G ^a   Malak, Jamie B ^a   Leiweke, Robert J ^a   Spores, Ronald A ^a,b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b USAF Electric Propulsion Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ORBITS; PLASMA DEVICES; PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION; PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PROPELLANT CONSUMPTION; PROPELLANT MASS; PROPELLANT UTILIZATIONS; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; THRUST EFFICIENCY;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 84962838974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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