Disturbance of plasma environment in the vicinity of the Astrid-2 microsatellite

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 655-666

  Ivchenko, N ^a   Facciolo, L ^a,b   Lindqvist, P A ^a   Kekkonen, P ^c   Holback, B ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Space plasma physics (spacecraft sheaths, wakes, charging; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035644745     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-655-2001     Document Type: Article

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