The power, Isp and thrust of ion thrusters are constrained by ther fixed grid gap in the ion accellerator, which limits performance and life to a limited range in Isp and thrust.
Variable specific impulse high power ion thruster
2005 AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference
2005-07-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
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