Data analysis and model comparison for solar array module plasma interactions experiment

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 438-446

  De La Cruz, Carmen Perez ^a   Hastings, Daniel E ^a,c   Ferguson, Dale ^b,c   Hillard, Barry ^b,c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SOLAR CELLS; SPACE RESEARCH;

ARC RATE; ARCING; CRITICAL ION FLUX; CRITICAL NEUTRAL DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; LOW EARTH ORBIT; SOLAR ARRAY MODULE PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SOLAR CELL PARAMETERS; SOLAR CELL PROPERTIES; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

EID: 0030141818     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.26780     Document Type: Article

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