A breadboard design for a Flight Model Discharge System (FMDS) to prevent charging of spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit has been performed. Operational characteristics of the entire system are presented, including the electrostatic analyzer, surface potential monitor, transient pulse monitor, plasma source, and microprocessor-based controller. Design considerations that led to the final system configuration are also presented.
Flight Model Discharge System
1985
100 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Manned Spacecraft , Unmanned Spacecraft , Electric discharges , Space charge , Breadboard models , Models , Spacecraft , Monitors , Electrostatic analyzers , Synchronous satellites , Plasmas(Physics) , Pulses , Transients , Neutral , Earth orbits , Spacecraft charging , FMDS(Flight Model Discharge System)
NTIS | 1988
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