Title :
Results of complex radiosounding of ionospheric disturbances generated by the transport spacecraft “Progress” onboard thrusters
Author :
Khakhinov, V. ; Potekhin, A. ; Shpynev, B. ; Alsatkin, S. ; Ratovsky, K. ; Lebedev, V. ; Kushnarev, D.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Solar-Terrestrial Phys., Irkutsk, Russia
Abstract :
Active space experiments (SE) carry out to study spatio-temporal characteristics of disturbances emerging in the ionospheric plasma due to the functionality of transport spacecraft (TSC) "Progress" onboard thrusters. The main research facility is the Irkutsk incoherent scatter radar (ISR). Results showed that small masses of TSC exhaust product generate disturbances in the ionosphere with size of tens kilometers and with lifetime up to 20 minutes. The amplitude of a depression in the plasma density variations reached up to 40%.
Keywords :
ionospheric disturbances; ionospheric techniques; plasma density; Irkutsk incoherent scatter radar; PROGRESS spacecraft; active space experiments; complex radiosounding; ionospheric disturbances; ionospheric plasma; plasma density variations; spatio-temporal characteristics; transport spacecraft; Ionosphere; Plasmas; Radar; Reflection; Space vehicles; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5117-3
DOI :
10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6051169
