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The evolutionary development of high specific impulse electric thruster technology

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6959266

Electric propulsion flight and technology demonstrations conducted primarily by Europe, Japan, Peoples Republic of China, USA, and USSR are reviewed. Evolutionary mission applications for high specific impulse electric thruster systems are discussed, and the status of arcjet, ion, and magnetoplasmadynamic thruster and associated power processor technologies are summarized.

Research Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, OH (United States). Lewis Research Center
OSTI ID:
6959266
Report Number(s):
N-92-33064; NASA-TM--105758; E--7170; NAS--1.15:105758; CNN: RTOP 506-42-31
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English