Active spacecraft potential control: Results from the double star project

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5 II, 2006, Pages 2046-2052

  Torkar, Klaus ^a   Fazakerley, Andrew ^b   Steiger, Wolfgang ^c  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electron detectors; Extraterrestrial measurements; Ion beam applications; Ion emission; Ion sources; Satellite applications; Space technology; Space vehicle control

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; ION BEAMS; ION SOURCES;

ELECTRON DETECTORS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MEASUREMENTS; ION BEAM APPLICATIONS; ION EMISSION; SATELLITE APPLICATIONS; SPACE TECHNOLOGY; SPACE VEHICLE CONTROL;

SATELLITES;

EID: 33750423307     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.883364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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