The environmental charging of spacecraft surfaces program consists, in part, of experimental evaluation of material response to the environmental charged particle flux. A flight type spacecraft thermal control louver assembly has been tested in an electron flux. The louver blade surface potential, the louver assembly currents, and the relatively high number of discharges observed in the electron environment are self-consistent results. The unexpected result of this testing was the flutter observed when the louvers were closed. The flutter is about 1 to 2 Hz in frequency and is probably electrostatically induced.


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    Title :

    Environmental charging tests of spacecraft thermal control louvers


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    Publication date :

    1976-09-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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