The successful performance of the NSTAR ion thruster in Deep Space 1 mission, coupled with the recently completed 30,032 hour life test of the flight spare thruster, has accelerated with the implementation of electric propulsion in NASA missions.
Hollow cathode and keeper-region plasma measurements
41st AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference ; 2005 ; Tuscon, AZ, United States
2005-07-01
Conference paper
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English