Discharge Chamber Optimization of the SERT II Thrustor
Optimum discharge chamber configuration of permanent magnet mercury-bombardment thrustor for SERT II mission
OPTIMIZATION↗
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High perveance accelerator grids for low voltage Kaufman thrustors.
Conventional and composite grid designs tested with low voltage Kaufman thrustor
ELECTROSTATIC PROPULSION↗
SERT II experimental thrustor system.
Space electric rocket test /SERT/ II thrustor system, discussing flight worthiness and mercury bombardment discharges
THRUSTOR↗
Experimental investigation of a 1.5-meter diameter Kaufman thrustor.
Kaufman thrustor with curved stainless steel accelerating-grid system, studying operation, efficiency, plasma instability, etc
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Radioisotope heating for contact ionization thrustors.
Radioisotope heating for ionizer temperature of contact ionization thrustors for satellite attitude control and stationkeeping, studying power source mass saving
RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE↗
NASA RESEARCH ON HEAVY-PARTICLE ELECTROSTATIC THRUSTORS
Nasa research report on heavy-particle electrostatic spacecraft thrustors using colloidal particles
ELECTROSTATIC PROPULSION↗
EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF A HIGH-CURRENT-DENSITY CYLINDRICAL CONCAVE POROUS TUNGSTEN EMITTER FOR ION THRUSTORS
Performance of a high current density cylindrical concave porous tungsten emitter for cesium propellant ion thrustors
CESIUM ENGINE↗
THRUST MEASUREMENTS OF COLLOIDAL PARTICLES AS AN INDICATION OF PARTICLE SIZE AND THRUSTOR OPERATION
Measurements of the thrust of a colloidal-particle electrostatic engine and their correlation to thrustor operation
PROPULSION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE↗
ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN AND ARCING IN EXPERIMENTAL ION THRUSTOR SYSTEMS
Breakdown and arcing phenomena in an electron- bombardment ion thrustor
ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN↗
Electric breakdown and arcing in experimental ion thrustor systems
Electric breakdown and arcing in ion thrustors for power supplies
ARC↗
A spacecraft for ion thrustor flight tests.
Spacecraft designed to provide flight test measurement of ion thrustor electrical parameters and thrust
IONIC PROPULSION↗
An electrolytic tank analog for two- dimensional analysis of electrostatic-thrustor optics
Electrolytic tank analog for two-dimensional analysis of electrostatic thrustor ion optics
ANALOG DATA↗
Energy storage capacitors for pulsed plasma thrustors.
Energy storage film capacitors for pulsed plasma thrustors developed for coaxial plasma gun and Pulsed Arc Gun
ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE↗
Cyclotron resonance thrustor design and diagnostics techniques.
Electron cyclotron resonance plasma accelerator design for thrustor application and measuring techniques
ELECTRIC PROPULSION↗
Development of a 1.6-kW, 2000-volt, high- frequency dc-dc converter for ion thrustors using a modular design and an inductive energy pumping technique for conversion, regulation and protection Summary report
High-frequency dc-dc converter for ion thrustors using modular design and inductive energy pumping technique for conversion, regulation, and protection
INDUCTION↗
Ion thrustor electrode surface physics study
Cesium surface contact ionization electrostatic thrustors
ION EMISSION↗
Electrode materials for cesium contact ion thrustors.
Electron-ion emitting characteristics of various electrode materials with cesiated surfaces for cesium contact ion thrustors
CESIUM ENGINE↗
A mercury electron-bombardment ion thrustor suitable for spacecraft station keeping and attitude control.
Ion thrustor, including mercury feed system and shielded neutralizer, designed and tested for spacecraft station keeping and attitude control
SPACECRAFT CONTROL↗