The current status of research programs on mercury electron-bombardment thrusters is reviewed. Future thruster requirements predicted from mission analysis are briefly discussed to establish the relationship with present programs. Thrusters ranging in size from 5 to 150 cm diameter are described. These thrusters have possible near to far term applications extending from station keeping to primary propulsion. Beam currents range from 10 mA to 25 A at accelerating potentials of 500 to 5000 V.


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    Titel :

    Kaufman thruster development at Lewis Research Center


    Beteiligte:
    Kerslake, W. R. (Autor:in) / Reader, P. D. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    American Physical Society and Brookhaven National Laboratory, Symposium on Ion Sources and Formation of Ion Beams ; 1971 ; Upton, NY


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.10.1971


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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