Electromagnetic interaction of spacecrafts with the environment

Summary form only given. The technique of laboratory simulation of spacecraft charging processes at the geostationary orbit has been developed. The dynamics of high-voltage charging, electrical discharges formation, electromagnetic pulse excitation and solar batteries degradation with the effects of such space factors as hot and cold plasmas, external atmosphere, ultraviolet radiation of the allowance for electrophysical properties peculiarities of the surface materials, plasma and gas jets of the engine setups scattering centers and grid screens have been investigated. The problems of background plasma interaction with the man-made magnetosphere which may arise at launching of powerful inductive energy storage into space are examined.