Continuous operation test of microwave discharge ion thruster system

31st Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1995, Pages

  Kuninaka, Hitoshi ^a   Satori, Shin ^a   Horiuchi, Yasuo ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; ION ENGINES; ION PROPULSION; IONS; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

CONTINUOUS OPERATION; DISCHARGE CHAMBER; INSTITUTE OF SPACE AND ASTRONAUTICAL SCIENCE; ION THRUSTER; ION THRUSTER SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE DISCHARGE; SAMPLE RETURN; THRUSTER SYSTEM;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84964484492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1995-3070     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

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