Flight hollow cathode for hall thruster applications

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

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Tilley, Dennis L ^a   Willmes, Gary F ^a   Myers, Roger M ^a   Smith, Richard D ^a  

^a Primex Aerospace Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; ELECTRON SOURCES; HALL THRUSTERS; NASA; PROPULSION; RELIABILITY; SPACE STATIONS;

AEROSPACE COMPANY; FLIGHT QUALIFICATION; HOLLOW CATHODES; LIFE-TESTS; MANUFACTURABILITY; MISSION RELIABILITY; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE;

CATHODES;

EID: 84963831256     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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