SPT100 life test with single cathode up to total impulse two million NSEC

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Gnizdor, R ^a   Kozubsky, K ^a   Koryakin, A ^a   Maslennikov, N ^a   Pridannikov, S ^a   Day, M ^b  

^a Fakel Organization   (Russian Federation)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; FLOW RATE; IMPULSE TESTING; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; PROPULSION; TESTING;

AVERAGE EFFICIENCIES; DISCHARGE CURRENTS; DISCHARGE POWER; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; DYNAMIC PRESSURES; EMITTER MATERIALS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; STATIONARY PLASMA THRUSTER;

CATHODES;

EID: 84963826960     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3790     Document Type: Conference Paper

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