Electrostatic interaction between Interball-2 and the ambient plasma. 1. Determination of the spacecraft potential from current calculations
The Interball-2 spacecraft travels at altitudes extending up to 20 000 km, and becomes positively charged due to the low-plasma densities encountered and the photoemission on its sunlit surface. Therefore, a knowledge of the spacecraft potential <font face="Symbol"><b>F...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2002-03-01
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| Series: | Annales Geophysicae |
| Online Access: | https://www.ann-geophys.net/20/365/2002/angeo-20-365-2002.pdf |