Validation of the nstar ion propulsion system on the deep space one mission: Overview and initial results

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Polk, J E ^a   Kakuda, R Y ^a   Anderson, J R ^a   Brophy, J R ^a   Rawlin, V K ^b   Patterson, M J ^b   Sovey, J ^b   Hamley, J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROIDS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; ION ENGINES; ION PROPULSION; IONS; PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; CALCULATED VALUES; FLIGHT VALIDATION; INTERPLANETARY SPACE; ION PROPULSION SYSTEMS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PROPULSION SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT AUTONOMY;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 84963852930     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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