Development of the BPT family of U.S.-Designed hall current thrusters for commercial LEO and GEO applications

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

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  King, D ^a   Tilley, D ^a   Aadland, R ^a   Nottingham, K ^a   Smith, R ^a   Roberts, C ^a   Hruby, V ^b   Pote, B ^b   Monheiser, J ^b  

^a Primex Aerospace Company   (United States)

^b Busek Co Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; ORBITS; PROPULSION; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DESIGN LIFE; EROSION RATES; GEO APPLICATIONS; HALL CURRENT THRUSTERS; LONG LIFE; MAGNET POLES; WEAR PATTERN; WEAR-TESTING;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 84963852396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3338     Document Type: Conference Paper

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