The in-orbit measurement of spacecraft discharge properties was investigated. The experiments include design and fabrication of appropriate sensors and effects of spacecraft electromagnetic responses on the interpretation of the discharge data. Electric field sensors especially designed to response to high-speed transient signals were installed on a mock-up of a satellite. The simple mock-up was basically a sheet of aluminum rolled to form a cylinder. A movable spark-discharge noise source designed to be electromagnetically isolated from its power supply system was used to induce transient signals at various locations on the spacecraft's outer surface. The measurements and their implications are described. It is concluded that practical orb...
Improved experimental methods are discussed for laboratory measurement of conductivity and electric ...
Novel methods have been developed to measure conductivity and charge storage in thin film insulating...
An investigation conducted on the electrical interference induced by the operation of a hollow-catho...
A set of instruments which provide early detection of potentially dangerous geomagnetic substorm con...
Part of an AFGL payload flown on the STS-4 mission consisted of experiments to measure in-situ elect...
Spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit can be charged electrically to high voltages by interaction with ...
The Internal Discharge Monitor (IDM) was designed to observe electrical pulses from common electrica...
A discussion is given of ESD as a radiated electromagnetic environment and compares the ESD environm...
The interaction of a high-voltage solar array with the space plasma environment is investigated in a...
Spacecraft in geosynchronous orbits are known to become charged to large negative potentials during ...
Design details and design goals are given of an instrumentation package to monitor the effects of th...
As part of the SAMPIE (The Solar Array Module Plasma Interaction Experiment) program, the Langmuir p...
Wireless intra-spacecraft communication technology is being developed as a weight-saving and design-...
This project evaluated a prototype designed to measure phenomena associated with differential chargi...
As a part of the SAMPIE (The Solar Array Module Plasma Interaction Experiment) program, the Langmuir...
Improved experimental methods are discussed for laboratory measurement of conductivity and electric ...
Novel methods have been developed to measure conductivity and charge storage in thin film insulating...
An investigation conducted on the electrical interference induced by the operation of a hollow-catho...
A set of instruments which provide early detection of potentially dangerous geomagnetic substorm con...
Part of an AFGL payload flown on the STS-4 mission consisted of experiments to measure in-situ elect...
Spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit can be charged electrically to high voltages by interaction with ...
The Internal Discharge Monitor (IDM) was designed to observe electrical pulses from common electrica...
A discussion is given of ESD as a radiated electromagnetic environment and compares the ESD environm...
The interaction of a high-voltage solar array with the space plasma environment is investigated in a...
Spacecraft in geosynchronous orbits are known to become charged to large negative potentials during ...
Design details and design goals are given of an instrumentation package to monitor the effects of th...
As part of the SAMPIE (The Solar Array Module Plasma Interaction Experiment) program, the Langmuir p...
Wireless intra-spacecraft communication technology is being developed as a weight-saving and design-...
This project evaluated a prototype designed to measure phenomena associated with differential chargi...
As a part of the SAMPIE (The Solar Array Module Plasma Interaction Experiment) program, the Langmuir...
Improved experimental methods are discussed for laboratory measurement of conductivity and electric ...
Novel methods have been developed to measure conductivity and charge storage in thin film insulating...
An investigation conducted on the electrical interference induced by the operation of a hollow-catho...