Mission advantages of constant power, variable Isp electrostatic thrusters

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Oleson, Steven R ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTROSTATICS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

CHEMICAL PROPULSION; ELECTROSTATIC THRUSTERS; GEOSYNCHRONOUS SPACECRAFTS; INTERPLANETARY PROBE; PRIMARY PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT STATIONKEEPING; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; THROUGHPUT CAPABILITY;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

EID: 85088186238     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-3413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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