The modeling of spacecraft glow surrounding a small clean satellite is discussed. A direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) technique was used to model the flowfield and included both surface and gas-phase chemical reactions. It has been suggested that emission from excited NO2 molecules produces the spacecraft glow. The DSMC calculations included chemical reactions in the flowfleld to produce NO, as well as surface chemical reactions to generate the NO2. The orbit-dependent optical radiation was calculated and compared with data from the Atmosphere Explorer experiment over the 140-200-km altitude range. The results show that the surface model can account for the observed data in magnitude and altitude dependence for suitable choices of the surface heat of absorption and freestream NO concentration.


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    Title :

    Modeling of spacecraft rarefied environments using a proposed surface model


    Additional title:

    Modellierung der durch Raumfahrzeuge verursachten chemischen Reaktionen in der Ionosphäre mit der Monte-Carlo-Methode


    Contributors:
    Dogra, V.K. (author) / Collins, R.J. (author) / Levin, D.A. (author)

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 37 , 4 ; 443-452


    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    10 Seiten, 15 Bilder, 33 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Modeling of Spacecraft Rarefied Environments Using a Proposed Surface Model

    Virendra K. Dogra / Robert J. Collins / Deborah A. Levin | AIAA | 1999



    Simulations of spacecraft rarefied environments using a proposed surface model

    Dogra, Virendra / Collins, Robert / Levin, Deborah | AIAA | 1998


    Simulations of Spacecraft Rarefied Environments Using a Proposed Surface Model

    Dogra, V. K. / Collins, R. J. / Levin, D. A. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998