The Worst Case Charging Environment,
Abstract
Whether a spacecraft will charge in the auroral zone is crucially dependent on the magnitude of the current to the spacecraft from the precipitating and backscattered electrons and on how that current is distributed over the electron spectrum. To provide theorists and modelers with some initial inputs on this aspects of the spacecraft charging problem a survey was conducted to find examples of electron precipitation where the total integral number flux over the electron spectrum exceeded 10 to the 10th power electrons/sq cm. sec sr and the average energy of the electrons was approximately equal to or exceeded 1 keV.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 25, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADP002108
Entities
People
- D. A. Hardy
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory