MSX contamination experiment ion mass spectrometer observations during early operations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2864, Issue , 1996, Pages 201-207

  Erlandson, R E ^a   Boies, M ^a   Uy, O M ^a   Giebowsky, J M ^b   Coulson, J T ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

And spacecraft charging; Ion mass spectrometer; Ionosphere; Spacecraft contamination

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONTAMINATION; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS; IONOSPHERE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; STRAY LIGHT;

CHARGE EXCHANGE REACTIONS; CONTAMINANT IONS; FLOATING POTENTIALS; ION MASS SPECTROMETER; MIDCOURSE SPACE EXPERIMENTS; PLASMA POTENTIAL; SPACECRAFT CHARGING; SPACECRAFT CONTAMINATIONS;

IONS;

EID: 84983123612     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.258311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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