Dielectric charging as a catalyst to the formation of potential barriers on synchronous orbit satellites

Approved for public release, distribution unlimited. === This thesis postulates deep dielectric charging of exterior spacecraft dielectrics as a mechanism responsible for the sunlit charging even observed on the ISEE1 spacecraft. Deep dielectric charging can cause a negative potential to develop on...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Young, Maude Elizabeth
Other Authors: Olsen, Richard C.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/37557