State-of-the-art of electric propulsion - 1965.
Electric propulsion systems discussing thrustors, propellant tankage and feed systems, power conditioning and controls
PROPULSION SYSTEM↗
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Evaluation of the MARC 7G1 auxiliary rocket motor for use on the Atlas-Centaur vehicle Final report, Mar. - Oct. 1965
Solid propellant rocket engine environmental and static testing for use as retrograde thrustor in Atlas-Centaur space vehicle
ATLAS CENTAUR LAUNCH VEHICLE↗
Colloids from chemical reactions
Preparation of colloid particles for electrostatic thrustors by reaction of vapors
COLLOIDAL PROPELLANT↗
Modification to government-owned thrust stand system
Improvements in electric subsystem and capacity of thrust stand system for testing chemical, subliming, and cold gas thrustors
ELECTRIC CONTROL↗
Electric propulsion in 1965.
Electric propulsion in 1965, discussing electron bombardment and contact ionization thrustors, nuclear and solar-electric power systems, etc
ELECTRON BOMBARDMENT↗
Renewed optimism in electric propulsion.
Electric propulsion including thrustors, power systems, solar power, hybrids, etc
POWER SUPPLY↗
An experimental study of porous metal ionizers.
Ionization characteristics of various porous metal ionizers and suitability for use in cesium contact thrustors
POROUS MATERIAL↗
Electron-bombardment thrusters using liquid- mercury cathodes.
Electron bombardment thrustors using liquid mercury cathodes, noting lifetime, propellant and power efficiency, feed system, temperature limits, etc
PROPELLANT TRANSFER↗
Liquid-metal cathode research.
Design of gravity-independent force-fed liquid-metal cathode providing unlimited cathode life in gas discharge devices and mercury electron-bombardment thrustors
GAS DISCHARGE↗
Cyclotron resonance thruster design techniques.
Electron cyclotron resonance plasma accelerator design for thrustor application and measuring techniques
CYCLOTRON RESONANCE↗
Energy storage capacitors for pulsed plasma thrusters.
Energy storage film capacitors for pulsed plasma thrustors developed for coaxial plasma gun and pulsed arc gun
ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE↗
Development and test of an ion engine system employing modular power conditioning Final report
Design, fabrication, and life test of ion engine system using oxide cathode mercury electron bombardment thrustor
ION ENGINE↗
Aluminum-oxide colloid formation by vapor- phase chemical reaction
Adiabat flame temperature calculation for aluminum oxide colloid formation by vapor phase chemical reaction, for electric thrustor propellant
ELECTRIC PROPULSION↗
POODLE radioisotope propulsion technology.
POODLE low thrust radioactive propulsion technology, discussing operation, mission application, tests, capsule and thrustor performance
POODLE ROCKET ENGINE↗
Ion extractor system design.
Ion extractor system for electrostatic thrustors designed, using salient features of digital computer and electrolytic tank analog methods
COMPUTER METHOD↗
Experimental mercury bombardment thruster at submillipound thrust.
Ion thrustor, including mercury feed system and shielded neutralizer, designed and tested for spacecraft station keeping and attitude control
ATTITUDE CONTROL↗
Experimental evaluation of a two-directional electron-bombardment ion thruster.
Electron bombardment ion thrustors with two accelerator-grid systems for producing ion beams in directions 180 or 90 degrees apart
THRUST CONTROL↗
Electron-bombardment thrusters using liquid- mercury cathodes.
Electron bombardment thrustors using liquid mercury cathodes noting lifetime, propellant and power efficiency, feed system, temperature limits, etc
THRUST MEASUREMENT↗