Current collection at the shuttle orbiter during TSS-1R high voltage charging

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 729-732

  Aguero V M ^a   Williams, S D ^a   Gilchrist, B E ^b,f   Habash Krause, L ^b,f   Thompson, D C ^c   Raitt, W J ^c   Burke, W J ^d   Gentile, L C ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^f and Space Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTION; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SPACE SHUTTLES; TETHERLINES; AEROSPACE VEHICLES; FORECASTING;

SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER POTENTIALS; SPACECRAFT CHARGING; TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEM (TSS);

SPACE RESEARCH; ORBITS;

CURRENT COLLECTION; HIGH-VOLTAGE SHEATH; MODEL PREDICTION; NEGATIVE POTENTIAL; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SHUTTLE ORBITERS; SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER; TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032023718     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02948     Document Type: Article

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