A technique has been developed to obtain a characterization of the self-generated environment of a spacecraft and its variation with time, angular position, and distance. The density, pressure, outgassing flux, total weight loss, and other important parameters were obtained from data provided by two mass measuring crystal microbalances, mounted back to back, at a distance of 1 m from the spacecraft equivalent surface.


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    Title :

    Molecular fluxes from a spacecraft measured with quartz microbalances


    Additional title:

    Messung molekularer Ausstrahlungen eines Raumfahrzeuges mit Quarzmikroausgleichsschaltungen


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    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1975


    Size :

    4 Seiten, 4 Bilder, 8 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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