Physics – Space Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1998
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Proceedings of the 6th Spacecraft Charging Conference. November 2-6, 1998. AFRL Science Center, Hanscom AFB, MA, USA., p.281-286
Physics
Space Physics
Scientific paper
Since the advent of space flights the effects of spacecraft interaction with the ambient plasma and with the solar UV radiation have motivated a very large number of studies which make this field an important domain of space physics. As a matter of fact, the consequences of these processes are of outmost importance on the reliability and significance of in situ plasma and electric fields measurements and may also, in extreme cases, represent a major concern for the reliable operation of spacecraft in orbit. In a first section the major charging mechanisms and their results on the spacecraft electrical equilibrium will be briefly presented. The two following sections will be devoted to a review of the perturbations induced on plasma measurements by means of particle analyzers and on electrostatic probe characteristics. In a conclusion we shall summarize the conditions which must be fulfilled to ensure reliable measurements. Spacecraft charging processes and resulting electrical equilibrium
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