Electrical Interference to Satellite Subsystems Resulting from Spacecraft Charging.

Abstract

A physically reasonable mechanism for explaining the coupling between one type of spacecraft electronics subsystem and electrical discharges has been presented. A laboratory simulation of the coupling to the signal processing electronics has shown quantitative agreement between the test results and the anomalous detector responses that have been observed in orbit. The results of this study and experimental flight data collected by a satellite-charging experiment flown on this spacecraft confirm that these anomalies are likely generated by direct current surges from arc discharges. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA050601

Entities

People

  • Robert R. Shaw

Organizations

  • University of Iowa

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Astronautics
  • Charged Particles
  • Data Processing
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electrons
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Processing Equipment
  • Resistance
  • Signal Processing
  • Space Sciences
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Charging

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Satellites