Three types of modeling of spacecraft charging are discussed: statistical models, parametric models, and physical models. Local time dependence of circuit upset for DoD and communication satellites, and electron current to a sphere with an assumed Debye potential distribution are presented. Four regions were involved in spacecraft charging: (1) undisturbed plasma, (2) plasma sheath region, (3) spacecraft surface, and (4) spacecraft equivalent circuit.
Modeling of spacecraft charging
1977-02-24
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
NTRS | 1989
|Wiley | 2018
|TIBKAT | 2011
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