A technique has been developed to obtain a characterization of the self-generated environment of a spacecraft and its variation with time, angular position, and distance. The density, pressure, outgassing flux, total weight loss, and other important parameters were obtained from data provided by two mass measuring crystal microbalances, mounted back to back, at a distance of 1 m from the spacecraft equivalent surface.
Molecular fluxes from a spacecraft measured with quartz microbalances
Messung molekularer Ausstrahlungen eines Raumfahrzeuges mit Quarzmikroausgleichsschaltungen
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology ; 12 , 1 ; 569-572
1975
4 Seiten, 4 Bilder, 8 Quellen
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch