After having been in development for many years at Glenn Research Center, the NASA design 30 cm ring-cusp xenon ion engine was launched on the DS1 spacecraft on 24 October 1998 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.


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    Title :

    NSTAR Xenon Ion Engine on DS1: Ground & Flight Tests


    Contributors:
    Marcucci, M. (author) / Polk, J. (author)

    Conference:

    ISIS 1999


    Publication date :

    1999-09-06


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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