Micro radio-frequency ion propulsion system

48th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tsay, Michael ^a   Hohman, Kurt ^a   Rosenblad, Nathaniel ^a   Ehrbar, Eric ^a   Robin, Michael ^a   Farnell, Cody ^b  

^a Busek Co Inc   (United States)

^b Plasma Controls LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COSMOLOGY; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; INTERFEROMETERS; ION BEAMS; ION ENGINES; ION PROPULSION; IONS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; NASA; SPACE FLIGHT;

FORMATION FLYING SPACECRAFT; ION BEAM NEUTRALIZATION; ION PROPULSION SYSTEMS; ION THRUSTER SYSTEMS; LASER INTERFEROMETER SPACE ANTENNA; POINTING ACCURACY; POWER PROCESSING UNITS; PROPELLANT MANAGEMENT;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 85085400599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2012-3947     Document Type: Conference Paper

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