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Jim Doyle
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
(Phone: 818/354-5011)
RELEASE: 91-197
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The first practical application of ion engines most
likely will be in orbital transfer missions and station-
keeping for satellites in geosynchronous orbit 22,300
miles above Earth. Later, Carbon 60 could give advanced
ion engines much higher thrust and power levels than are
possible today.
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