The current status of research programs on mercury electron bombardment thrusters is reviewed. Future thruster requirements predicted from mission analysis are briefly discussed to establish the relationship with present programs. Thrusters ranging in size from 5 to 150 cm diameter are described. These thrusters have possible near to far term applications extending from stationkeeping to primary propulsion. Beam currents range from 10 mA at to 25 A at accelerating potentials of 500 to 5000 V.


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    Title :

    Kaufman thruster development at Lewis Research Center (LeRC)


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    Publication date :

    1971-10-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English