Advanced pulsed plasma thruster electrical components

37th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Benson, Scott W ^a   Frus, John R ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Unison Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; NASA; PLASMA DEVICES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

DISCHARGE INITIATION; EARTH OBSERVING-1; ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; GENERAL DYNAMICS; GLENN RESEARCH CENTER; OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; SPACE PROPULSION SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGY SELECTION;

PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS;

EID: 85086618999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-3894     Document Type: Conference Paper

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