Two missions, Mars orbiter and Jupiter capture, are analyzed to determine thrust and specific impulse requirements of electric propulsion system; state of art of electric thrust devices is discussed, and it is concluded that, with expected advances, ion motors can meet all of requirements of interplanetary missions, with magnetohydrodynamic motors promising backup.
Electric thrust device requirements for interplanetary spacecraft
IRE -- Trans Space Electronics Telemetry
IRE -- Transactions on Space Electronics and Telemetery ; SET-8 , n 2
1962
5 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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