High voltage SPT performance

37th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Manzella, David ^a   Jacobson, David ^b   Jankovsky, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES;

DISCHARGE EFFICIENCY; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; EFFECT OF CATHODE; FIELD STRENGTHS; OPERATING VOLTAGE; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; STATIONARY PLASMA THRUSTER; THRUSTER EFFICIENCY;

PROPULSION;

EID: 85088344394     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-3774     Document Type: Conference Paper

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