The reflight of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1R) was carried aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 22, 1996. After deploying a day later than planned, the satellite almost reached its full deployed distance before the tether broke. Data was collected for over 5 hours during deployment out to a distance of 19.7 km. Maximum emf attained during deployment was 3700 V while the maximum current achieved was just under 0.5 A. The current collected was factors of 2 to 4 greater than the predictions of the conventional Parker-Murphy theory. The microscopic view of the collection process at the satellite showed exotic behavior with the existence of 100 - 200 eV suprathermal electrons and significant spin phase modulation of the electron fluxes. Although the data set acquired from TSS- 1R was considerably less than planned, the quality of the data allows one of the main goals of the mission to be met--characterizing the system I-V response. A "quick look" assessment of the data has already shown that an understanding of the TSS-1R electrodynamic behavior will require modification of the standard picture of current collection in space plasmas


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    Titel :

    Satellite Particle Collection During Active States of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)


    Beteiligte:
    Wright, K. H., Jr. (Autor:in) / Stone, N. H. (Autor:in) / Winningham, J. D. (Autor:in) / Gurgiolo, C. (Autor:in) / Bonifazi, C. (Autor:in) / Gilchrist, B. (Autor:in) / Mariani, F. (Autor:in) / Hardy, D. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Plasmadynamics and Lasers ; 1996 ; New Orleans, LA, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1996-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Satellite particle collection during active states of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)

    Wright, Jr., K. / Stone, N. / Winningham, J. et al. | AIAA | 1996


    Tethered satellite system

    Sisson, J. | NTRS | 1986


    Tethered satellite system

    Laue, Jay H. | NTRS | 1987


    Shuttle/tethered satellite system

    Rupp, C. C. / Laue, J. H. | NTRS | 1978


    Shuttle/tethered satellite system

    Rupp, C. C. / Laue, J. H. | NTRS | 1978