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Stuhlinger optimum specific impulse: a standalone construct

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Aerospace propulsion

the specific impulse that maximizes payload for a power-limited electric propulsion mission, set by mission time and power plant specific mass.

In aerospace propulsion, Stuhlinger optimum specific impulse refers to the specific impulse that maximizes payload for a power-limited electric propulsion mission, set by mission time and power plant specific mass. This meaning comes from Stuhlinger (1964) in Ion propulsion for space flight.[1]

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Stuhlinger, E. (1964). Ion propulsion for space flight. McGraw-Hill. Open Library record

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