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Spacecraft control research - sterilizable inertial sensors, ion thrustor control loops, antenna pointing systems, and attitude control systems for electric powered vehicles
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Spacecraft control research - sterilizable inertial sensors, ion thrustor control loops, antenna pointing systems, and attitude control systems for electric powered vehicles
Electrode misalignments effects on thrust vector control for Kaufman electric rocket thrustors, noting implications for SERT 2 mission
Energy and angular distributions of neutral atoms and charge-exchange ions from mercury electron bombardment thrustor, determining particle effluxes
Conventional and composite grid designs tested with low voltage Kaufman thrustor
Ion extraction system for low voltage mercury electron bombardment thrustors using glass coating fused to perforated metal grid
Book on physics of electric propulsion covering gas acceleration principles, flow heating and space thrustor design
Performance of radioisotope heated ammonia thrustor for spacecraft application
Single nozzle thermal storage resistojet thrustor for low thrust satellite attitude and orbit control applications, noting design and performance
Electrode misalignments effects on thrust vector control for Kaufman electric rocket thrustors, noting implications for SERT 2 mission
Optimum discharge chamber configuration of permanent magnet mercury-bombardment thrustor for SERT II mission
Kaufman thrustor with curved stainless steel accelerating grid system noting operation, efficiency, plasma instability, etc
Lithium and ammonia MPD arc thrustors tests in low environmental pressure
Anode heat transfer in MPD arc, discussing configurations and thrustors
Full wave dc-to-dc converter, for an ion thrustor, uses energy storage transformers to provide a method of dc-to-dc conversion and regulation. The converter has a high degree of physical simplicity, is lightweight and has high efficiency.
Performance of bipropellant fractional-pound rocket thrustor
Test program for capillary needle colloidal thrustor technology with various tip geometries, materials, and propellants
Cooling techniques for space storable reaction control thrustors
Performance of radiation cooled magnetoplasmadynamic arc thrustors