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.


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    Title :

    Hollow cathode and keeper-region plasma measurements


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    41st AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference ; 2005 ; Tuscon, AZ, United States


    Publication date :

    2005-07-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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