A mechanism for the local concentration enhancement of the shuttle atmosphere

Details A mechanism for the local concentration enhancement of the shuttle atmosphere A mechanism for the local concentration enhancement of the shuttle atmosphere

Sep 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985scgl.work..139r&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Marshall Space Flight Center 2d Workshop on Spacecraft Glow p 139-148 (SEE N86-13239 03-88)

Computer Science

Aerospace Environments, Luminosity, Space Plasmas, Spacecraft Orbits, Earth Orbits, Gases, Low Altitude, Space Shuttles, Spacecraft Configurations

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Preliminary calculations suggest that collisions between in-streaming atmospheric constituents and secondary backscattered molecules can generate unexpectedly large enhancements in neutral gas concentrations in the vicinity of the shuttle. This effect is a result of a rapid decrease in the mean free path length of the scattered components following the initial expected concentration enhancement. A study will be outlined for the theoretical investigation of this mechanism. The shape dependence of associated glow halos on vehicle configuration will be discussed.

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