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Solar electric propulsion thruster interactions with solar arrays
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Parks, D. E. Katz, I. |
| Copyright Year | 1977 |
| Description | The effect of interactions of spacecraft-generated and naturally occurring plasmas with high voltage solar array components on an advanced solar electric propulsion system proposed for the Halley's Comet rendezvous mission was investigated. The spacecraft-generated plasma consists of mercury ions and neutralizing electrons resulting from the operation of ion thrusters (the charge-exchange plasma) and associated hollow cathode neutralizers. Quantitative results are given for the parasitic currents and power coupled into solar arrays with voltage fixed as a function of position on the array. |
| File Size | 11186052 |
| Page Count | 260 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19780005179 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4nk8544g |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1977-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Solar Arrays Plasma Interactions Cathodes Spacecraft Propulsion Solar Electric Propulsion Mercury Ion Engines Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
