Considerable progress has been made in the past few years toward understanding and solving the spacecraft communications blackout problem caused by the reentry plasma sheath. A summary of the causes and effects of the reentry plasma sheath is presented, together with a discussion of reentry plasma diagnostic techniques, proposed methods of alleviating the communications blackout, and a review of the reentry flight experiments performed to better our understanding of the reentry plasma.
Progress in Reentry Communications
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems ; AES-7 , 5 ; 879-894
1971-09-01
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Electronic Resource
English
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