The current-voltage characteristics of a large probe in low Earth orbit: TSS-1R results

被引：21

作者：

Thompson, DC ^{[1
]}

Bonifazi, C

Gilchrist, BE

Williams, SD

Raitt, WJ

Lebreton, JP

Burke, WJ

Stone, NH

Wright, KH

机构：

[1] Utah State Univ, Ctr Atmospher & Space Sci, Logan, UT 84322 USA

[2] Italian Space Agcy, I-00198 Rome, Italy

[3] Univ Michigan, Space Phys Res Lab, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

[4] Stanford Univ, Space Telecommun & Radiosci Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[5] European Space Agcy, Estec, Dept Space Sci, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands

[6] Phillips Lab, Geophys Directorate, Hanscom AFB, MA USA

[7] NASA, George C Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Space Sci Lab, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA

[8] Univ Alabama, Ctr Space Plasma & Aeron Res, Huntsville, AL 35899 USA

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 1998年 / 25卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1029/97GL02958

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

Measurements of the current collected by the Tethered Satellite System (TSS) satellite as a function of voltage and ambient plasma parameters are presented. The satellite current is found to vary approximately with the square root of the potential from below 10 to nearly 1200 V. The collected current exceeded premission expectations, based on the Parker and Murphy [1967] collection model, by factors of two to three. Possible reasons for discrepancies between the measurements and model are briefly discussed.

引用

页码：413 / 416

页数：4

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