Low-Energy Particle Experiment.

Abstract

This was a program directed toward an improved understanding of the sources and energization, transport and loss processes associated with the low-energy (keV) plasmas in the earth's magnetosphere, particularly as they relate to ionospheric perturbations and ionospheric-magnetospheric coupling. This program conducted a low-energy particle experiment on the S3-3 spacecraft. The experiment is still operating successfully and has made several major discoveries about previously unknown ionospheric acceleration mechanisms and the composition of the ring current.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 1979
Accession Number
ADA066150

Entities

People

  • R. D. Sharp

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Cyclotron Waves
  • Detectors
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Flux
  • Electrons
  • Energy Bands
  • Geometry
  • Geosynchronous Orbits
  • High Latitudes
  • Low Altitude
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Storms
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Measurement
  • Scattering
  • Spacecraft

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster