Definition Study of a Coordinated Group of Experiments to Measure and Monitor the in situ Plasma and Electromagnetic Environment of a Polar Orbiting Space Shuttle.

Abstract

Contents: The Environment Monitoring Payload; Radiation of Plasma Waves by a Conducting Body Moving Through a Magnetized Plasma; Phase and Group Velocities of Waves in Cold Plasma.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA164561

Entities

People

  • Herbert S. Bridge
  • Joseph H. Binsack

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Detectors
  • Earth Orbits
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Geosynchronous Orbits
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Orbits
  • Polar Orbits
  • Space Shuttles
  • Space Transportation
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Charging
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

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