A spacecraft charging study on the SCEX 3 rocket

Conference · Sun Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:5825896

Mullen, E G; Gussenhoven, M S; Hardy, D A; Murphy, G P; Lloyd, J W.F.; Slutter, W ^[1]; Malcolm, P ^[2]; Kellogg, P J; Monson, S ^[3]

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1. Phillips Lab., Geophysics Directorate, Hanscom AFB, MA (US)
2. Air Force Academy, CO (United States)
3. Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN (United States)

Instruments on the SCEX 3 rocket payload flown from the Poker Flats Rocket Range in February 1990 were used to study charging during electron beam emissions. This paper reports that the data show that electrostatic analyzers can be used to measure vehicle charging and direct beam return currents in dense plasma conditions. The data also show return current dependencies on pitch angle, beam current and beam energy.

• OSTI ID: 5825896
• Report Number(s): CONF-910751--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Journal Volume: 38:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BEAM ANALYZERS
BEAM CURRENTS
BEAMS
CURRENTS
DATA
ELECTRIC CHARGES
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTROSTATIC ANALYZERS
EMISSION
EQUIPMENT
INFORMATION
LEPTON BEAMS
PARTICLE BEAMS
PLASMA DENSITY
ROCKETS
SPACE VEHICLES
VEHICLES