Operating mode investigation of a laboratory stationary plasma thruster

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Bechu S ^a   Perot C ^a   Gascon, N ^a   Lasgorceix, P ^a   Hauser, A ^a   Dudeck, M ^a  

^a Laboratoire d Aerothermique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; FLOW OF GASES; PROPULSION; XENON;

DISCHARGE CURRENTS; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPERATING MODES; PRESSURE TESTING; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; STATIONARY PLASMA THRUSTER; THRUSTER EFFICIENCY;

KRYPTON;

EID: 84963787392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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