The present work describes the development status, performance levels, and life test history of 5-cm, 8-cm, and 30-cm mercury bombardment ion thrusters and their respective power processors. A 2.6 kW, 30-cm thruster module and its power processor unit are now available that established the performance required by interplanetary and geosynchronous orbit raising missions. An 8-cm thruster with nominal 4.5 mN thrust level capability has demonstrated a high performance over a wide range of thrust and operational life.


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    Titel :

    Mercury bombardment ion thrusters - Development status, performance levels, and test history


    Beteiligte:
    Molitor, J. H. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    European Electric Propulsion Conference ; 1974 ; Hinterzarten


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1974-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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