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A 10-cm-diam. electron-cyclotron-resonance (ECR) microwave discharge ion thruster has been fabricated. This thruster produces a plasma by means of ECR heating. Ions in the plasma are extracted and accelerated by electrostatic grids. Performance tests of the thruster were carried out for several kinds of magnetic field configurations inside its discharge chamber and at different distances between Sm-Co...
Some experiments and computer simulations to develop a plasma propulsion system by using electron and ion cyclotron resonance (EICR) plasma are reported. The EICR thruster is an advanced space propulsion concept that has possible uses in satellite station keeping and interplanetary travel. An experimental apparatus to generate EICR plasma was constructed in 1999. It consists of a cylindrical vacuum...
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