This paper reports the results of three tethered rocket experiments conducted as part of a U.S.-Japan joint program under way since 1980. The major purpose of the experiments is to obtain technical and scientific data supporting the figure electrodynamic tethered subsatellite experiments by the Space Shuttle. Vehicle charging due to dc beam emission up to 80 mA in the 150-200 km altitude range was repeatedly measured by both Langmuir and floating probes, and was found to be usually less than 10 V. During the 80 mA emission, clear evidence for the ignition of a beam-plasma discharge was obtained. In a tether deployment experiment, it was found that the tether wire acted as an antenna whose impedance decreased with the extension of the wire both in high-frequency and very low-frequency bands. Substantial rocket charging was observed during periods of electron-beam very low-frequency pulsing.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Results from a series of tethered rocket experiments


    Contributors:
    Sasaki, S. (author) / Oyama, K. I. (author) / Kawashima, N. (author) / Watanabe, Y. (author) / Obayashi, T. (author)


    Publication date :

    1987-10-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Results from a series of tethered rocket experiments

    SASAKI, S. / OYAMA, K. I. / KAWASHIMA, N. et al. | AIAA | 1987


    Results from a series of US/Japan tethered rocket experiments

    Sasaki, S. / Oyama, K.-I. / Kawashima, N. et al. | NTRS | 1986


    Results from a tethered rocket experiment (Charge-2)

    Kawashima, N. / Sasaki, S. / Oyama, K.I. et al. | Elsevier | 1988


    Tethered rocket experiment (Charge 2). Initial results on electrodynamics

    Sasaki, S. / Oyama, K.I. / Kawashima, N. et al. | Tema Archive | 1988


    Results from Japanese sounding rocket experiments from Andoeya

    Tsuruda, K. et al. | British Library Online Contents | 1995