A description is given of the work at the RAE devoted to the development of a 10 mN mercury electron bombardment thruster system. The present thruster has a discharge loss of 280 eV/ion and is capable of producing a focussed ion beam at an exhaust velocity of less than 30 km/s, operating with efficient vaporizers and hollow cathode. Some progress was made with flight type power supplies, a breadboard beam power supply having been built and tested, which, together with its control electronics, has an efficiency of 95 pct.
Ion Engine Development at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough
1971
34 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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