Preliminary evaluation of a 10 kW hall thruster

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Jankovsky, Robert S ^a   McLean, Chris ^b   McVey, John ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Space Power Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

DISCHARGE CURRENTS; DISCHARGE POWER; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; GAIN INSIGHT; POWER LEVELS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; STEADY-STATE TEMPERATURE;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 84982318435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-456     Document Type: Conference Paper

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