Development status of the BPT family of hall thruster systems

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Wilson, F ^a   King, D ^a   Willey, M ^a   Aadland, R ^a   Tilley, D ^a   de Grys, K ^a  

^a Primex Aerospace Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CONTROLLERS; DEMONSTRATIONS; DESIGN; ELECTRODES; FLOW CONTROL; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; PROPULSION; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

ACCELERATED LIFE TESTS; AEROSPACE COMPANY; DEMONSTRATION TESTING; DEMONSTRATION TESTS; DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY; DEVELOPMENT STATUS; FLOW CONTROLLERS; INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 84963864635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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