P78-2 Engineering Overview.

Abstract

Data from the P78-2 spacecraft are being used in verifying and validating analytical tools being developed for the design of spacecraft, such as NASCAP, for updating Military Standard 1541, for investigation of materials contamination, and for a study of the physics of charging. The analysis of this data has already resulted in changes in laboratory testing procedures, in a better understanding of some properties of materials exposed to the space environment, and in some insight into the EMI caused by discharges on spacecraft in a plasma environment. Some examples of early results from the engineering experiments are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 29, 1981
Accession Number
ADA101569

Entities

People

  • Alfred L. Vampola

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analyzers
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Data Analysis
  • Detectors
  • Electron Beams
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Standards
  • Monitors
  • Pulse Analyzers
  • Spacecraft
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space