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US 2026/0264890 A1Published application
Electric thruster with protective coating on thermionic emitter
AssigneeAerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.
InventorTimothy Langan
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Abstract
A system includes an electric thruster that is configured to generate thrust. The electric thruster includes an electron emitter that has a thermionic emission material with a protective surface layer.
Claims11
A system comprising:
- an electric thruster configured to generate thrust, the electric thruster including an electron emitter comprising a thermionic emission material having a protective surface layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.