Analysis of an electromagnetic mitigation scheme for reentry telemetry through plasma

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1223-1229

  Kim, Minkwan ^a,c   Keidar, Michael ^b   Boyd, Iain D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERSONIC VEHICLES; IONIZATION; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA SHEATHS; PLASMA WAVES; RADIO COMMUNICATION; RADIO NAVIGATION; RADIO WAVES; REENTRY; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT;

COMMUNICATION SIGNALS; HYPERSONIC RE-ENTRY; MITIGATION SCHEMES; PLASMA FREQUENCIES; SYSTEMS OPERATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WAVE FREQUENCIES; WEAKLY IONIZED PLASMA;

VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 57349137345     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.37395     Document Type: Article

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