Ion reflection by the TSS-1R satellite

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 745-748

  Papadopoulos, K ^a,b   Chang, C L ^a   Drobot, A ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCKETS; ELECTRONS; IONS; SATELLITES; TETHERLINES;

CURRENT COLLECTION; SHARP TRANSITION; SUPRATHERMAL ELECTRONS; THRESHOLD POTENTIAL;

IONS; SPACE RESEARCH;

ION REFLECTION; TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS (TSS);

EID: 0032028731     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03768     Document Type: Article

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