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Interactions between spacecraft and their environments

Authors :
Ferguson, Dale C
Publication Year :
1993
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1993.

Abstract

Interactions between spacecraft and their environments are discussed using the SSF and the SP-100 power system. It is recommended that discontinuous structure potentials of more than 100 V on a spacecraft must be connected with an insulating material of sufficient thickness to stand off the potential difference. Particular attention must be paid to conductors with a plasma arcing threshold higher than the conductor potential relative to the surrounding plasma. To avoid arcing, spacecraft surfaces should avoid exposed conductors, or at least exposed conductor-insulator junctions for LEO missions. To avoid differential charging, fully conductive surfaces should be used every where for GEO missions.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.19930040804
Document Type :
Report