On-board propulsion for communications satellites

16th AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1293-1301

  Callahan, Lisa Wood ^a   Curran, Francis M ^b   Wickenheiser, Timothy J ^b  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; NASA; ORBITS; PROPULSION; SATELLITES; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE; DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS; GEOSYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER ORBITS; INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS; ON-BOARD PROPULSION; ON-BOARD PROPULSION SYSTEMS; PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 84977101005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-1142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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