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Ion drift meter for dynamics explorer
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hanson, W. B. Zuccaro, D. R. Heelis, R. A. Lippincott, C. R. |
| Copyright Year | 1982 |
| Description | The ion drift meter for Dynamics Explorer B is discussed. It measures two mutually perpendicular angles of arrival of thermal ions with respect to the sensor look directions. These angles lie in the vertical and horizontal planes and may be thought of as pitch and yaw in the conventional aerodynamic sense. The components of the ion drift velocity along vertical and horizontal axes through the spacecraft body are derived to first order from knowledge of the spacecraft velocity vector and more accurately with additional knowledge of the component of ion drift along the sensor look direction. |
| File Size | 1416156 |
| Page Count | 41 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19820017442 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8qc4v893 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1982-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Instrumentation Earth Magnetosphere Spacecraft Instruments Plasma Drift Ions Dynamics Explorer Satellites Axes of Rotation Velocity Measurement Solar Wind Data Reduction Space Plasmas Plasma Dynamics Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
