EXISTENCE OF PLASMA CLOUDS AROUND SATELLITES.

Abstract

Contents: Experimental studies of the Kraus Effect; Plasma sheath and screening around a rapidly moving body; Plasma compression effects produced by space vehicles in a magneto-lonic medium; Reflection of radio waves incident on boundary surfaces with application to the theory of the Kraus effect; Coulomb Drag Test Vehicle; Report on University of Maryland ionospheric probe system.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1961
Accession Number
AD0634500

Entities

People

  • Evan H. Walker
  • Louis J. Poudre
  • Richard T. Bettinger
  • S. Fred Singer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Boundaries
  • Compression
  • Maryland
  • Plasma Sheaths
  • Radio Waves
  • Reflection
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Components
  • Test Vehicles
  • Universities
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster