Environmental interactions can be defined as the response of spacecraft surface to the charged-particle evironment. These interactions are divided into two broad categories: Spacecraft Passive, in which the environment acts on the surfaces and Spacecraft causes the interaction. The principal Spacecraft Passive interaction of concern is the spacecraft charging phenomenon. The Spacecraft Active category introduces the concept of interactions with the thermal plasma environment and Earth's magnetic fields, which are important at all altitudes and must be considered the designs of proposed large space structures and space power systems. The status of the spacecraft charging investigations will be reviewed and the Spacecraft Active interactions will be discussed in this report. (DePo)
Space environmental interactions with spacecraft surface
Zusammenwirkung der Weltraumeinfluesse und der Oberflaeche von Raumschiffen
AIAA-Papers ; 1-25
1979
25 Seiten, 15 Bilder, 47 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch