Study of power loss mechanisms in the BPT-4000 Hall thruster

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  de Grys, Kristi ^a   Rayburn, Christopher ^a   Haas, James ^b  

^a AEROJET ROCKETDYNE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; DEPOSITION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; ION BEAMS; PROPULSION;

BEAM ACCELERATION; ELECTRON-NEUTRAL COLLISIONS; GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITES; LOSS MECHANISMS; POWER DEPOSITION; PROPELLANT UTILIZATIONS; STATE OF THE ART; STATION-KEEPING;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 85085403463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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