Electrostatic Immunity of Geostationary Satellites,

Abstract

Today most geostationary satellites are built to tolerate occasional upsets of their electronic circuits and the additional degradation of their thermal surfaces caused by electrostatic discharges. Only those spacecraft which experienced a significant impact on their payload use received the necessary resources to advance the electrostatic of subsequent models. ESA's telecommunications satellite programme benefited from such an experience and can now demonstrate in orbit that electrostatic immunity of geostationary is achievable. Still, effort has to continue to solve some outstanding questions for which the development of new antistatic materials and technologies would help.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADP005709

Entities

People

  • Horst G. Lechte

Organizations

  • European Space Research and Technology Centre

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Environments
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Environment
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • High Altitude
  • Immunity
  • Payload
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Charging
  • Spacecraft Components
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Satellites