... After a two-week run using its ion-propulsion drive, the engine was turned off so that two instruments -- a plasma experiment and spectrometer -- could be checked out. ...
... The craft is expected to use this "iondrive" to modify its orbit around the Sun for a flyby of the high-inclination Mars-crossing minor planet 1992 KD next July. ...
... Not only does it have solar electric iondrive, which is an important step in interplanetary navigation, it will also have autonomous, or on-board navigation--clearly the next step in being able to fly a large number of missions is to have the missions be ...
... 1998-10-21) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Hughes' ion propulsion system to drive NASA's Deep Space 1 (Forwarded) Привет всем ... 310) 364-6363 Investor Relations (310) 662-9688 HUGHES' ION PROPULSION SYSTEM TO DRIVE NASA'S DEEP SPACE 1 TORRANCE, Calif ...
... spacecraft successfully executed a large turn to point the ion engine toward the Sun ... of the xenon feed system and the ion thruster core (which reached about 110 degrees ...
... Resources" 10:10 - Tom Jaquish, "Circulating Ion Beam For Space Propulsion" 10:40 ... where you want to go (The Safari in Scottsdale) and have $15 ready for the driver ...
... of the solar wind and the accelerators that drive it out into the Solar System in ... The team suggests twisting magnetic waves as the driver. ... to Mars The Auroral Composition and Toroidal Ion Velocity Experiment (ACTIVE) is an ...
... in power needed so that the ion propulsion system (which needs electricity for its ... mission is designed to validate are ion propulsion, autonomous optical navigation, a ...
... The residual voltage has been tracked to a design feature within the Power Distribution and Drive Unit (PDDU) power switches. ... Toward the end of next week, the team expects to work with the ion engine. ...