Measurements made by surface potential monitors, contamination monitors, and electromagnetic interference monitors have successfully recorded the characteristics of satellite charging by the space environment. Differential potentials of several kilovolts have been measured between dielectric materials samples and space vehicle ground following the injection of energetic electrons around the vehicle. During some of these charging events, discharges have been detected. (Author)
Spacecraft Charging Results from the SCATHA Satellite
1981
21 pages
Report
No indication
English
Unmanned Spacecraft , Electrotechnology , Artificial satellites , Electric charge , Electrons , Synchronous satellites , Plasma sheaths , Magnetosphere , Atmospheric disturbances , Electric discharges , Magnetic storms , Statistical analysis , Correlation techniques , SCATH(Spacecraft Charging at High Altitude)
Computer simulation of spacecraft charging on SCATHA
NTRS | 1980
|Computer Simulation of Spacecraft Charging on SCATHA
NTIS | 1980
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