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Power converter for ion thrustors using electronic gate controlled switches in two phase-shifted parallel inverters
Colloid thrustor particle beam analysis - quadrupole mass filter design and operation
Quasi-steady-state operation of arc thrustor obtained with pulse time of few hundred microseconds, producing continuous plasma stream
Large vacuum facility testing of ammonia and hydrogen magnetoplasmadynamic arc thrustors
Mercury electron bombardment ion thrustor with radial flow propellant distributor for spacecraft attitude control
Thrust production mechanism study for low power direct current magnetic expansion thrustor - arc plasma propulsion engine
Thrust detection systems on space electric rocket test ion thrustors
Single-strip cesium-contact ion thrustor for rocket attitude control
Vacuum work function, cesiated electron emission S curves, cesium ion emission curves, critical temperature envelope, and desorption energies for thrustor electrode surfaces
Linear ion thrustor and cesium feed system for possible satellite control systems application
Propellants and thrust performance for thermoionic electric thrustor
Operating range extension of high voltage isolation device for propellant feed system of ion thrustor
Permanent magnet electron bombardment ion thrustor for station keeping and attitude control of synchronous satellite
Operation of one-half inch diameter ion thrustor with countercurrent electron accelerator
Electrostatic electrodes used for deflecting ion beam from ion thrustor
Electric thrustor development reviewed with stress on lifetime, efficiency, and potential use in space program
Exhaust beam from colloid thrustor investigated, using quadrupole mass filter