NASA/RP-1375, Leach*, R.D. and Alexander, M.B., Failures and Anomalies Attributed to Spacecraft Charging, Electromagnetics and Environments Branch, Systems Analysis and Integration Laboratory, Science and Engineering Directorate, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812 and *Computer Sciences Corporation, Huntsville, AL., August,1995, pp. 30, Format(s): PDF 2242k |
The effects of spacecraft charging can be very detrimental to electronic systems utilized in space missions. Assuring that subsystems and systems are protected against charging is an important engineering function necessary to assure mission success. Spacecraft charging is expected to have a significant role in future space activities and programs. Objectives of this reference publication are to present a brief overview of spacecraft charging, to acquaint the
reader with charging history, including illustrative cases of charging anomalies, and to introduce current spacecraft charging prevention activities of the Electromagnetics and
Environments Branch, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
| Keywords: | plasma, spacecraft charging, spacecraft, electronic systems, anomalies, failures, emi, arc-discharge, satellite |
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| CASI Document ID Number: | 96N11547 |
| Subjects: | Astronautics: Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance |
| ID Code: | 292 |
| Deposited On: | 27 June 2002 |