Assessment of atomic-oxygen flux in low-Earth-orbit ground simulation facilities

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 356-359

  Grossman, E ^a,c   Gouzman, I ^a,c   Lempert, G ^a,c   Noter, Y ^a,d   Lifshitz, Y ^b,e  

^a SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Space Technology Section ^*  (Japan)

^d Projects Group   (Japan)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; EARTH (PLANET); IRRADIATION; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PLASMA SOURCES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT; SPIN COATING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATOMIC-OXYGEN (AO) FLUX; KAPTON REACTIVITY; LOW-EARTH-ORBIT (LEO); QUARTZ-CRYSTAL-MICROBALANCE (QCM); SPACE ENVIRONMENT;

ORBITS;

EID: 3042711167     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.10890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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