This study presents the results of a spacecraft charging effects protection study conducted on the Solar X-ray Imager (SXI). The SXI is being developed by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center for NOAA's Space Environment Laboratory, and will be used to aid in forecasting energetic particle events and geomagnetic storms. Images will provide information on the intensity and location of solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and high speed solar streams. The SXI will be flown on a next-generation GOES sometime in the mid to late 1990's. Charging due to the encounter with a worst-case magnetic substorm environment is modeled using the NASCAP/GEO computer code. Charging levels of exterior surfaces and the floating potential of the spacecraft relative to plasma are determined as a function of spacecraft design, operational configuration, and orbital conditions. Areas where large surface voltage gradients exist on or near the SXI are identified as possible arc-discharge sites. Results of the charging analysis are then used to develop design recommendations that will limit the effects of spacecraft charging on the SXI operation.


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    Titel :

    Operating in the space plasma environment: A spacecraft charging study of the Solar X-ray Imager


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.1994


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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    Operating in the Space Plasma Environment: A Spacecraft Charging Study of the Solar X-Ray Imager

    Herr, J. L. / McCollum, M. B. / James, B. F. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994




    Operating in the Space Plasma Environment: A Spacecraft Charging Study of the Solar X-Ray Imagers

    Herr, J. L. / McCollum, M. B. / James, B. F. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994