@inproceedings{9da1d5044795450cbfb44378b5c100d8,
title = "Status of microwave discharge ion engines on hayabusa spacecraft",
abstract = "The μ10 cathode-less electron cyclotron resonance ion engines made the Hayabusa spacecraft rendezvous with the asteroid Itokawa in 2005. Though the spacecraft was seriously damaged after the successful soft-landing and lift-off, the xenon cold gas jets from the ion engines rescued the Hayabusa. New attitude stabilization method using a single reaction wheel, the ion beam jets, and the solar pressure was established and enabled the homeward journey aiming the Earth return on 2010. The total accumulated operational time of the ion engines reaches 28,000 hours at the end of May 2007.",
author = "Hitoshi Kuninaka and Kazutaka Nishiyama and Yukio Shimizu and Satoshi Hosoda and Hiroyuki Koizumi and Kawaguchi, \{Ju N.Ichiro\}",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.2514/6.2007-5196",
language = "English",
isbn = "1563479036",
series = "Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference",
publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.",
pages = "1885--1891",
booktitle = "Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference",
note = "43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference ; Conference date: 08-07-2007 Through 11-07-2007",
}