Throttleable thruster system design, fabrication and test verification
Throttleable thrustor system for Mars soft landing, selecting catalytic decomposition engine from system weight and performance studies
Kenny, R. J.↗
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A sub-millipound mercury electron-bombardment thruster
Submillipound mercury electron bombardment ion thrustor efficiency, noting cathode pole piece, baffle position and geometry influence on ion chamber performance
Banks, B. A.↗
Control analysis of an ion thruster with programed thrust
Digital computer simulation and analysis of control loops for ion thrustor control
Mueller, P. A.↗
A one millipound cesium ion thruster system
One millipound cesium ion thrustor for synchronous ATS-F satellite, describing power conditioning and control logic subsystems
Dillon, T.↗
Thrust measurements on a pulsed vacuum-arc thruster
Thrust measurements on pulsed vacuum-arc thrustor, comparing specific impulse and efficiency with exhaust velocity measurements by ion collecting double probes
Hoell, J. M., Jr.↗
Thruster exhaust effects upon spacecraft
Thrustor exhaust effluent characteristics relating to spacecraft contamination
Lyon, W. C.↗
Deposition of ion thruster effluents on SERT II spacecraft surfaces
SERT 2 spacecraft surface contamination by Hg ion thrustor effluents, using solar cell sensors
Burns, R. J.↗
Comparative in-flight thrust measurements of the SERT II ion thruster
In-flight thrust measurement methods on SERT 2 ion thrustors, using accelerometer, electrical parameters and orbit change
Berkopec, F. D.↗
Flight and ground performance of the SERT II thruster
SERT 2 spacecraft ion thrustor ground tests and flight operation, tabulating performance data
Berkopec, F. D.↗
Analytical study of colloid annular thrusters
Colloid annular thrustor performance, using low mass flow rate data and space charge formulas
Mahoney, J. F.↗
Experimental study of colloid annular thrusters
Colloid annular thrustors performance tests in vacuum chamber with LN cooled liner, using high speed analog to digital system to acquire time of flight /TOF/ data
Daley, H. L.↗
Component testing of a 30-centimeter diameter electron bombardment thruster
Critical components effect on small Hg electron bombardment thrustor derformance, considering glass coated accelerator grids, hollow cathodes and plasma bridge neutralizers
Bechtel, R. T.↗
Composite accelerator electrodes on cesium bombardment thrusters
Composite accelerator electrodes on Cs bombardment microthrustors, testing various designs and electrode coatings
Eubanks, A.↗
Effect of geometry and field inside the pole piece in an electron bombardment thruster
Mercury electron bombardment thrustor, measuring effect of geometry and magnetic field inside pole piece region on discharge losses and propulsion efficiency
Fitzgerald, D. J.↗
Initial performance data on a low-power MPD arc thruster with a downstream cathode
Low power MPD arc thrustor performance with downstream cathode, using Xe propellant
Burkhart, J. A.↗
Cathode studies of a radiation cooled MPD arc thruster
Cathode geometry effect on performance of radiation cooled MPD arc thrustor in continuous mode
Esker, D. W.↗
Exhaust characteristics of a megawatt nitrogen MPD-ARC thruster
Exhaust velocity, electron density and temperature of pulsed megawatt nitrogen MPD-ARC thrustor, using Thomson scattering of pulsed laser light
Michels, C. J.↗
Velocity and thrust measurements in a quasi- steady magnetoplasmadynamic thruster
Quasi-steady MPD arc thrustor average thrust measurements, considering time-of-flight velocity determination by ion collecting probes
Burlock, J.↗