Current-Voltage characteristics of the tethered satellite system: Measurements and uncertainties due to temperature variations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 713-716

  Chang, C L ^a   Drobot, A T ^a   Papadopoulos, K ^a   Wright, K H ^b   Stone, N H ^c   Gurgiolo, C ^d   Winningham, J D ^e   Bonifazi, C ^f  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Bitterroot Basic Research   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTION; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE; ORBITS; SATELLITES; TETHERLINES; CALIBRATION; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; CIRCUIT THEORY; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; CURVE FITTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEM;

SPACE RESEARCH; ORBITS;

CURRENT COLLECTION; IONOSPHERIC PLASMAS; IV CHARACTERISTICS; QUANTITATIVE CALIBRATIONS; RESISTANCE DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032023673     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02981     Document Type: Article

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