The plasma wake of the Shuttle Orbiter

Details The plasma wake of the Shuttle Orbiter The plasma wake of the Shuttle Orbiter

Jun 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989jgr....94.6866m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 94, June 1, 1989, p. 6866-6872.

Physics

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Near Wakes, Plasma Diagnostics, Space Plasmas, Space Shuttle Orbiters, Spacelab Payloads, Electron Energy, Plasma Density

Scientific paper

One of the objectives of the Plasma Diagnostics Package (PDP) instrumentation on Spacelab 2 was to obtain information about the plasma wake of the Shuttle Orbiter. Plasma density and electron temperature data are presented, which were obtained while the PDP was attached to the Shuttle remote manipulator system, and while the PDP was a free-flying satellite. Wake crossings by the PDP from about 40 m to about 240 m behind the Orbiter provide information about the structure of the mid and far wake of the Orbiter. As expected, the wake is characterized by density depressions, relative to the ambient ionospheric plasma, and by enhancements of the electron temperature, particularly in the near and mid wake. The observed electron temperature enhancements appear to be in line with previous spacecraft observations.

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