Arcing in LEO - Does the whole array discharge?

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2287-2294

  Ferguson, Dale C ^a,d,e   Vayner, Boris V ^b,e   Galofaro, Joel T ^b,e,f   Barry Hillard, G ^c,e,g  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Systems Engineering and Integration Office   (United States)

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f Photovoltaic and Space Environments Branch   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC PLASMA FRONT; SOLAR ARRAYS;

CAPACITANCE; PLASMAS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 30744438357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

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8. Vayner, B.V., Galofaro, J.T., and Ferguson, D.C., 2002. "The Neutral Gas Desorption and Breakdown on a Metal-Dielectric Junction Immersed in a Plasma", AIAA Paper 2002-2244.