The current-voltage characteristics of a large probe in low Earth orbit: TSS-1R results

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-416

  Thompson, D C ^a   Bonifazi, C ^b   Gilchrist, B E ^c   Williams, S D ^d   Raitt, W J ^a   Lebreton, J P ^e   Burke, W J ^f   Stone, N H ^g   Wright Jr , K H ^h  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^f AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA PROBES; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES;

TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEM (TSS);

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ORBITS;

AMBIENT PLASMAS; LOW EARTH ORBITS; MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING; MEASUREMENTS OF; SQUARE ROOTS; TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032001497     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02958     Document Type: Article

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