An Overview of the Air Force's Electric Propulsion Program

Abstract

This paper discusses the electric propulsion technology development efforts being pursued by the United States Air Force. Discussion is provided on the electric propulsion efforts of Phillips Laboratory's Propulsion Directorate in basic research, exploratory development, as well as the Advanced Technology Transition Development effort that will result in a space flight experiment of a 26 kilo-watt arcjet. Also discussed is Phillips Laboratory's ELITE/SSTAR program and a brief discussion of the Aerospace Corporation electric propulsion efforts in support of the Air force's Space and Missile Systems Center.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA421125

Entities

People

  • David R. Perkins

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Corporations
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Mechatronic Engineering
  • Power Supplies
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Solar Panels
  • Space Flight
  • Space Transportation
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Orbits
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thrusters

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Aerospace Research.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster