Performance evaluation of a 50 kW hall thruster

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Jacobson, David T ^a   Jankovsky, Robert S ^b  

^a Dynacs Engineering Company Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CATHODES; ELECTRODES; ENGINES; NASA;

DISCHARGE CURRENTS; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LABORATORY MODELS; MAXIMUM POWER; MAXIMUM THRUST; POWER LEVELS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 84982318000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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