Evaluation of pulsed plasma thruster micropulsing

40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Arrington, Lynn ^a,b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; IMPULSE TESTING; MICA; NASA; PLASMA DEVICES; PROPULSION;

ENERGY STORAGE UNIT; HIGH POWER LEVEL; HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LOWER FREQUENCIES; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; POWER PROCESSING UNITS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE;

PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS;

EID: 85099490548     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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