NASA NTRS · 19830036271
Potentials on large spacecraft in LEO
Abstract
A system-oriented computer code is used to predict surface charging due to voltages generated within a satellite operating in the typical dense plasma environment of LEO. The use of this code is demonstrated by predicting the expansion of electric fields onto a kapton surface from a pinhole over a biased conductor in a LEO environment. The results are compared to a more-exact solution and experimental data.
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Mandell, M. J., Katz, I., Cooke, D. L.. 1982-12-01. Potentials on large spacecraft in LEO. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19830036271
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