Long-term study of active spacecraft potential control

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5 PART 2, 2008, Pages 2294-2300

  Torkar, Klaus ^a   Eriksson, Anders I ^b   Lindqvist, Per Arne ^c   Steiger, Wolfgang ^d  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electric potential; Extraterrestrial measurements; Ion beams; Ion emission; Ion sources; Ion beam applications; Plasma measurements; Plasmas; Probes; Satellite applications; Space technology; Space vehicle control; Space vehicles; Surface impedance

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; APPLICATIONS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; CONTROL THEORY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; ION BEAMS; ION SOURCES; LIQUID METALS; MEASUREMENTS; METAL IONS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMAS; PROBES; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE PROBES; SPACECRAFT; VEHICLES;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MEASUREMENTS; ION EMISSION; ION-BEAM APPLICATIONS; PLASMA MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE APPLICATIONS; SPACE TECHNOLOGY; SPACE VEHICLE CONTROL; SPACE VEHICLES; SURFACE IMPEDANCE;

IONS;

EID: 59749098726     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2003134     Document Type: Article

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