On the expansion of ionospheric plasma into the near‐wake of the space shuttle orbiter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1988, Pages 1169-1172

  Stone, N H ^a   Wright, K H ^a   Samir, U ^c   Hwang, K S ^b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 0000262430     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/GL015i010p01169     Document Type: Article

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8. Multiple ion streams in the near vicinity of the space shuttle
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