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Summary of experiments performed to investigate the effects of ion thruster plumes on microwave propagation
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Lambert, Kevin M. Zaman, Afroz J. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Description | Electric propulsion systems have now reached a level of maturity where they are being used on operational spacecraft. One concern for the designers however, is the effect of the ion exhaust plumes produced by the systems, on microwave communication with the spacecraft. To better understand these effects, a number of propagation experiments were performed at the NASA Glenn Research Center with an operating ion thruster. This report describes the experiments and presents the results of the data obtained. |
| File Size | 629687 |
| Page Count | 18 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19990078466 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5v74cg8j |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1999-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Electric Propulsion Propulsion System Performance Exhaust Gases Spacecraft Power Supplies Mission Planning Ion Engines Auxiliary Power Sources Propulsion System Configurations Spacecraft Configurations Plumes Satellite Communication Spacecraft Propulsion 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 |
