• DocumentCode
    1361677
  • Title

    Aerospace: Neutralizing charged-up spacecraft: Electrical charge gathered from space plasma can cause malfunctions or failure, but techniques for minimizing its effects are available

  • Author

    Garrett, Henry B.

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    7/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    44
  • Lastpage
    47
  • Abstract
    Electrical charge gathered from space plasma can cause malfunctions or failure, but techniques for minimizing its effects are available. This article concentrates on the effects of spacecraft charging on unmanned operations.
  • Keywords
    artificial satellites; static electrification; malfunctions; space plasma; spacecraft charging; unmanned operations; Electric potential; Magnetosphere; Materials; Plasmas; Satellites; Space vehicles; Surface charging;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1981.6369758
  • Filename
    6369758