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| Title: | An overview of the VHITAL Program : a two-stage bismuth fed very high specific impulse thruster with anode layer |
| Authors: | Sengupta, Anita
Marrese-Reading, Colleen
Capelli, Mark
Scharfe, David
Tverdokhlebov, Sergey
Semenkin, Sasha
Tverdokhlebov, Oleg
Boyd, Ian
Keidar, Michael
Yalin, Azer
Markusic, Tom
Polzin, Kurt |
| Keywords: | cathodes |
| Issue Date: | 31-Oct-2005 |
| Publisher: | Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005.. |
| Citation: | 29th International Electric Propulsion conference, Princeton, New Jersey, October 21 - Nov 4, 2005. |
| Abstract: | The Very High Isp Thruster with Anode Layer (VHITAL) is a two stage Hall thruster program that is a part of NASA's Prometheus Program in NASA's New Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD). It is a potentially viable low-cost alternative to ion engines for near-term NEP applications with the growth potential to support mid-term and far-term NEP missions... This paper will present an overview of the thruster fabrication, pre-existing TAL 160 demonstration, feed system development, lifetime assessment, contamination assessment, and mission study activities performed to date. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2014/40557 |
| Appears in Collections: | JPL TRS 1992+
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