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NASA NTRS1965

Description and operation of spacecraft in sert i ion thrustor flight test

Ion thrustor flight test using SERT I spacecraft flown into trajectory by Scout Launch vehicle

ION ENGINE↗

NASA NTRS1965

An experimental model of a 2kw, 2500 volt power converter for ion thrustors using silicon transistors in a pulse-width-modulated bridge inverter summary report

Power converter for ion thrustors with pulse width modulated bridge inverter with silicon power transistor using current feedback base drive

SILICON↗

NASA NTRS1965

Micrometeorite bombardment initiating discharges and breakdown in ion thrustors

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE↗

NASA NTRS1965

An experimental model of a 2kw, 2500 volt power converter for ion thrustors using gate controlled switches in two phase-shifted parallel inverters summary report

Power converter for ion thrustors using electronic gate controlled switches in two phase-shifted parallel inverters

PHASE SHIFT↗

NASA NTRS1965

Recent progress in high specific impulse thermo-ionic acceleration.

Thermionic cathode jet accelerator performance data and comparison between hydrogen and deuterium propellant use

ION ENGINE↗

NASA NTRS1965

Experimental stress analysis in sert 1 reliability program.

Stress analysis for reliability of NASA-Lewis electron bombardment thrustor used in Sert 1 spacecraft

ELECTRON BOMBARDMENT↗

NASA NTRS1965

Characteristics of porous tungsten ionizers.

Tungsten high pore density and ionizer sintering stability are critical design parameters of electric propulsion system

SINTERING↗

NASA NTRS1965

Development of a 1.6-kW, 2000-volt, high- frequency dc-dc converter for ion thrustors using a modular design and an inductive energy pumping technique for conversion, regulation and protection Summary report

High-frequency dc-dc converter for ion thrustors using modular design and inductive energy pumping technique for conversion, regulation, and protection

INDUCTION↗

NASA NTRS1966

A mercury electron-bombardment ion thrustor suitable for spacecraft station keeping and attitude control.

Ion thrustor, including mercury feed system and shielded neutralizer, designed and tested for spacecraft station keeping and attitude control

SPACECRAFT CONTROL↗

NASA NTRS1966

Investigation of the discharge and exhaust beam of a small arc plasma thrustor.

Discharge and exhaust beam of small low-power DC magnetic expansion thrustor

PLASMA PROPULSION↗

NASA NTRS1966

Durability tests of mercury electron- bombardment ion thrustors.

Durability test of mercury electron-bombardment ion thrustors, measuring lifetime, output, power efficiency, etc

ION ENGINE↗

NASA NTRS1966

Electron-bombardment thrusters using liquid- mercury cathodes.

Electron bombardment thrustors using liquid mercury cathodes, noting lifetime, propellant and power efficiency, feed system, temperature limits, etc

PROPELLANT TRANSFER↗

NASA NTRS1966

Convergence and accuracy criteria of iteration methods for the analysis of axially symmetric and sheet beam electrode shapes with an emitting surface.

Axially symmetric or two-dimensional electrode system with emitting surface, discussing convergence and accuracy criteria of iteration methods

ION ENGINE↗

NASA NTRS1966

Computer experiments on ion beam deflection for thrust vector control.

Digital computer program for solution of space- charge-flow problem applied to design of thrustors with variable thrust vector, analyzing two ion- thrustor configurations with aid of computer

COMPUTER PROGRAM↗

NASA NTRS1966