Ion gun operations at high altitudes

Experiments in charge control were conducted on the P78-2 (SCATHA) satellite as part of a program on spacecraft charging at high altitudes. Experiments with the SCATHA ion gun were monitored by charged particle detectors and the electric field experiment. It was found that the electric field experim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Werner, Paul W.
Other Authors: Olsen, Richard C.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/23060