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Spacecraft charging / edited by Shu T. Lai.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 237.
- Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 237
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space vehicles--Electrostatic charging.
- Space vehicles.
- Space plasmas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In space, satellites and spacecraft materials are vulnerable. They can become charged to tens or even thousands of volts when plasmas in the space environment interact with a spacecraft. This title explains this phenomenon while exploring the effects that energetic plasma has on the space environment and the objects within it.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acronums And Abbreviations""; ""Nomenclature""; ""Chapter 1 Overview of Surface and Deep Dielectric Charging onSpacecraft""; ""Chapter 2 Incoming and Outgoing Electrons""; ""Chapter 3 Spacecraft Charging, Arcing, and Sustained Arcs inLow Earth Orbit""; ""Chapter 4 Surface Discharge on Spacecraft""; ""Chapter 5 Spacecraft Charging Simulation""; ""Chapter 6 Spacecraft Charging in the Auroral Oval""; ""Chapter 7 Internal Charging""; ""Index""; ""Supporting Materials""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-60086-837-1
- 1-60086-838-X
- OCLC:
- 795999044
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