Modeling and Post Mission Data Analysis.

Abstract

This report describes work performed to do analysis in support of three Phillips laboratory flight experiments. The PASP Plus effort is an examination of the interactions of the PASP Plus spacecraft and test solar cells with the low-energy plasma environment. The SPREE effort is the use of comparison with flight data to examine, improve, and validate sheath and electron collection models and to examine some of the interactions that determine the spectrum of the incident ions. The CHAWS effort is the development and validation of models of the spacecraft wake, including the currents to the various detectors of the CHAWS wake-side sensor on the Wake Shield Facility.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 20, 1996
Accession Number
ADA318925

Entities

People

  • V. A. Davis

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Cells
  • Current Density
  • Data Analysis
  • Detectors
  • Electrons
  • Environment
  • Geometry
  • Ionosphere
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Orbits
  • Resistance
  • Solar Cells
  • Solar Panels
  • Spacecraft
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster