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Spacecraft Power Processing Units

Spacecraft Power Processing Units is a specialized electronic system that converts and regulates electrical power from a spacecraft’s primary source to meet the specific voltage, current, and stability requirements of plasma propulsion subsystems.

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1.4K

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205

Authors

50

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2017–2026

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Variants

PpuPpus

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Publications

57

Pulsed plasma microthruster propulsion system for synchronous orbit satellite

William J. Guman, D. Nathanson · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets · 1970 · 113 citations

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Development of an ion thruster and power processor for New Millennium's Deep Space 1 Mission

James S. Sovey, John A. Hamley, Thomas Haag et al. · 33rd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit · 1997 · 74 citations · Full text

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Performance evaluation of the Russian SPT-100 thruster at NASA LeRC

John M. Sankovic, John A. Hamley, Thomas Haag · NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N · 1994 · 73 citations

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Arcing rates for High Voltage Solar Arrays - Theory, experiment, andpredictions

Daniel E. Hastings, Mengu Cho, Hitoshi Kuninaka · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets · 1992 · 68 citations

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ESA hardware for plant research on the International Space Station

Enno Brinckmann · Advances in Space Research · 2005 · 61 citations

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Authors

205

  1. LP
    Luis Pinero

    Glenn Research Center, United States

    4 publications · 183 citations

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  2. CS
    Charles Sarmiento

    Glenn Research Center, United States

    4 publications · 174 citations

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  3. JA
    John A. Hamley

    Glenn Research Center, United States

    4 publications · 237 citations

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  4. TH
    Thomas Haag

    Glenn Research Center, United States

    3 publications · 221 citations

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  5. HO
    Hiroyuki Osuga

    Mitsubishi Electric (Japan), Japan

    2 publications · 26 citations

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Institutions

50

  1. Glenn Research Center

    Cleveland, United States

    10 h-index

    39 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. The Aerospace Corporation

    El Segundo, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    204 citations

  3. European Space Research and Technology Centre

    Noordwijk-Binnen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    83 citations

  4. General Electric (United States)

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    33 citations

  5. Busek (United States)

    Natick, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    105 citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    249 citations

  7. La Jolla Alcohol Research

    La Jolla, United States

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    236 citations

  8. MIT Lincoln Laboratory

    Lexington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    152 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

    18 publications · 537 citations

    13

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  2. Advances in Space Research

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  3. eScholarship (California Digital Library)

    Repository · 1 publications · 18 citations

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  4. 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

    Conference · 1 publications · 13 citations

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