Persistent Identifier
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hdl:2014/40557 |
Publication Date
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2005-10-31 |
Title
| An overview of the VHITAL Program : a two-stage bismuth fed very high specific impulse thruster with anode layer |
Author
| Sengupta, Anita (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005..)
Marrese-Reading, Colleen (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005..)
Capelli, Mark (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005..)
Scharfe, David (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005..)
Tverdokhlebov, Sergey (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005..)
Semenkin, Sasha (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005..)
Tverdokhlebov, Oleg (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005..)
Boyd, Ian (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005..)
Keidar, Michael (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005..)
Yalin, Azer (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005..)
Markusic, Tom (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005..)
Polzin, Kurt (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005..) |
Point of Contact
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Sengupta, Anita |
Description
| 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. |
Subject
| Other |
Production Date
| 2005-10-31 |