The Radiofrequency Ion Thruster Assembly RITA is built as a flight experiment on EURECA 1. This test flight shall verify the operational use of this electric propulsion system in space by demonstration of operation, lifetime, and reliability. The RITA experiment was adapted to meet the specific constraints imposed by the EURECA spacecraft and by the Space Shuttle as the launcher. Xenon gas will be used as the propellant and the experiment will be operated automatically by means of a dedicated on-board microcomputer system.
Status of the RITA Experiment on EURECA
1988
6 pages
Report
No indication
English
Status of the RITA - Experiment on EURECA
AIAA | 1987
|Thermomigration Experiment on Board EURECA
Online Contents | 1995
|Elsevier | 1987
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