Spacecraft charging anomaly on a low-altitude satellite in an Aurora

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 734-738

  Anderson, P C ^a,b   Koons, H C ^a,b,c  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Space and Environ Technology Center ^*

^c AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETOMETERS; MICROCOMPUTERS; PLASMA DENSITY; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SPECTROMETERS;

ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE; ENERGETIC ELECTRON PRECIPITATION; LOW ALTITUDE SATELLITE; MICROPROCESSOR UNIT; MICROWAVE IMAGER INSTRUMENT; PLASMA MEASUREMENTS; SPACECRAFT CHARGING ANOMALY; THERMAL BLANKETS; VECTOR MAGNETOMETER;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0030230430     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.26828     Document Type: Article

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