Results of an on-going long duration ground test of the ds1 flight spare ion engine

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Anderson, John R ^a   Goodfellow, Keith D ^a   Polk, James E ^a   Shotwell, Robert F ^a   Rawlin, Vincent K ^b   Sovey, James S ^b   Patterson, Michael J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPULSION;

DISCHARGE CHAMBER; ENGINEERING MODELING; GROUND TESTS; LONG DURATION;

ION ENGINES;

EID: 84963846454     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-2857     Document Type: Conference Paper

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