Simulation of an auroral charging anomaly on the DMSP satellite

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Cooke, David L ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; IONS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA THEORY; SATELLITES;

AURORAL ELECTRONS; CHARGED SPACECRAFT; CHARGED SURFACES; DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; ENERGETIC CHARGED PARTICLES; MICROPROCESSOR UNITS; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; STEADY-STATE PLASMAS;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 84983098652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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