Objective of work was to demonstrate mercury electron-bombardment ion thruster performance suitable for station-keeping and attitude control of satellites; performance data are presented for two flight-type thrusters as well as for extended test with preliminary design; schematic view of thruster, indicating relative locations of discharge chamber, cathode, distributor, magnetic coil, and accelerator grids, is shown; lower limit for thrust of electron-bombardment ion thruster appears to be about 0.1 to 0.3 mlb for satisfactory performance.


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    Title :

    Experimental mercury bombardment thruster at submillipound thrust


    Additional title:

    AIAA J


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 5 , n 4


    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Experimental mercury bombardment thruster at submillipound thrust.

    KERSLAKE, W. R. / MARGOSIAN, P. M. | AIAA | 1967


    Experimental mercury bombardment thruster at submillipound thrust.

    Kerslake, W. R. / Margosian, P. M. / Wasserbauer, J. F. | NTRS | 1967



    Mercury electron-bombardment thruster system

    King, H.J. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1968


    A submillipound mercury electron bombardment thruster

    Banks, B. A. / Lathem, W. C. / Nakanishi, S. et al. | NTRS | 1970