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Polar orbit electrostatic charging of objects in shuttle wake
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Parks, D. E. Cooke, D. L. Katz, I. Mandell, M. J. Rubin, A. J. |
| Copyright Year | 1985 |
| Description | A survey of DMSP data has uncovered several cases where precipitating auroral electron fluxes are both sufficiently intense and energetic to charge spacecraft materials such as teflon to very large potentials in the absence of ambient ion currents. Analytical bounds are provided which show that these measured environments can cause surface potentials in excess of several hundred volts to develop on objects in the orbiter wake for particular vehicle orientations. |
| File Size | 369831 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19850014176 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3hx67125 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1985-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance Auroral Electrojets Electron Flux Density Hydrogen Ions Spacecraft Charging Wakes Dmsp Satellites Polar Orbits Oxygen Ions Electrostatic Charge Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
