The purpose of the NASA Solar Electric Propulsion Technology Applications Readiness (NSTAR) project is to validate ion propulsion technology for use on future NASA deep space missions. This program, which was initiated in September 1995, focused on the development of two sets of flight quality ion thrusters, power processors, and controllers that provided the same performance as engineering model hardware and also met the dynamic and environmental requirements of the Deep Space 1 Project. One of the flight sets was used for primary propulsion for the Deep Space 1 spacecraft which was launched in October 1998.


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    NSTAR Ion Thrusters and Power Processors

    Bond, T. A. / Christensen, J. A. | NTRS | 1999


    Thermal Environmental Testing of NSTAR Engineering Model Ion Thrusters

    Rawlin, Vincent K. / Patterson, Michael J. / Becker, Raymond A. | NTRS | 1999


    Thermal Environmental Testing of NSTAR Engineering Model Ion Thrusters

    V. K. Rawlin / M. J. Patterson / R. A. Becker | NTIS | 1999



    NSTAR Technology Validation

    Brophy, J. / Kakuda, R. / Polk, J. et al. | NTRS | 2000