Thrust system technology for solar electric propulsion.
Solar electric thrust system technology concerning performance, thrustor control system stability and method for solution
Masek, T. D.↗
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New functional approaches for redundant inert gas thruster systems.
Valving concepts and functional approaches for inert gas attitude control thrustor systems providing redundancy safeguards at minimum weight, volume and power costs
Chisel, D. M.↗
Attitude control for AAP 1/2 and AAP 2/3A Progress report
Thrustor firing control law for holding spacecraft attitude
Fearnsides, J. J.↗
Advanced Electric Propulsion Research Final Report, 1 Jul. - 31 Dec. 1968
Advanced electric propulsion research including electrothermal engines with supersonic heat transfer, hyperbolic trajectories in Jupiter probe, and mercury electron bombardment thrustor
Mickelsen, W. R.↗
Theoretical analyses of electrothermal thrusters with supersonic heat addition
Theoretical performance analyses for electrothermal thrustor using lithium propellant with combination of radioisotope and electrical energy sources
Leon, H. I.↗
Performance mapping of 20-cm hollow-cathode mercury ion thruster
Experimental design of 20-cm mercury electron bombardment thrustor
Fitzgerald, D.↗
Research on hollow cathodes in mercury ion thrusters Semiannual report
Hollow cathodes in mercury ion thrustors
Mickelsen, W. R.↗
Performance and diagnostics of a water-cooled magnetoplasmadynamic arc thruster
Performance of magnetoplasmadynamic arc thrustor
Connolly, D. J.↗
Comparative in-flight thrust measurements of the SERT 2 ion thruster
Comparative in-flight thrust measurements of SERT 2 ion thrustor
Berkopec, F. D.↗
Investigation of hot cathode reflex discharges
Hot cathode reflex discharges investigated to improve ion generation efficiency in space ion thrustors
Knauer, W.↗
Theoretical analyses of electrothermal thrusters with supersonic heat addition
Performance analysis for electrothermal thrustor using lithium propellant with supersonic heat addition
Leon, H. I.↗
Preliminary results of spectrographic analyses of Kaufman thrusters
Optical spectra of discharge chambers of electron bombardment mercury ion thrustors with hollow and oxide cathodes
Milder, N. L.↗
SERT II - Mission and experiments
Space electric rocket test /SERT/ II thrustor system, discussing flight worthiness and mercury bombardment discharges
Byers, D. C.↗
SERT II - Thruster system ground testing
SERT 2 thrustor system performance over expected mission parameters, noting operational lifetime excess over mission requirements
Byers, D. C.↗
SERT II - Durability of the hollow cathode and future applications of hollow cathodes
SERT 2 thrustor hollow cathode durability tested in bell jar
Kerslake, W. R.↗
Performance and control of a 30-cm-diam, low-impulse, Kaufman thruster
30 cm diameter mercury bombardment low impulse thrustor development for potential space applications, discussing performance and control
Bechtel, R. T.↗
Study and optimization of 15-cm Kaufman thruster discharges
Kaufman thrustor performance dependence on transmission of ion extraction optics and magnetic field shape
Knauer, W.↗
Radial field Kaufman thruster
Kaufman thrustor with predominant radial field, noting electron mobility across ion extraction screen and advantages of uniform plasma distribution
Knauer, W.↗