Effects of the space environment on space science

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Apr 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990amsci..78..126j&link_type=abstract

American Scientist (ISSN 0003-0996), vol. 78, Mar.-Apr. 1990, p. 126-133.

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Aerospace Environments, Aerospace Sciences, Charged Particles, Cosmic Rays, Micrometeorites, Space Debris, Spaceborne Experiments, Spacecraft Charging

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A comprehensive account is given of the various threats posed to either the accuracy or the very physical existence of spacecraftborne instruments by various natural and anthropogenic phenomena. Natural phenomena encompass high energy cosmic radiation and micrometeorites, as well as upper-atmospheric ions and electrons. Human space activities have led to the accumulation of a virtual cloud of debris, including nonfunctional satellites, discarded rocket stages, and fragments from intentional and accidental explosions. Charged particles and plasmas in space may cause the electric potential of an entire spacecraft, or of its various exposed parts, to vary dramatically and generate EM noise pulses and electrostatic discharges.

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