Guide to Mitigating Spacecraft Charging Effects (eBook)

The definitive guide to the modern body of spacecraft
charging knowledge--from first principles for the beginner to
intermediate and advanced concepts

The only book to blend the theoretical and practical aspects of
spacecraft charging, Guide to Mitigating Spacecraft Charging
Effects defines the environment that not only creates the aurora,
but which also can have significant effects on spacecraft, such as
disruption of science measurements and solar arrays from
electrostatic discharge (ESD). It describes in detail the physics
of the interaction phenomenon as well as how to construct
spacecraft to enhance their survivability in the harsh environment
of space.

Combining the authors' extensive experience in spacecraft
charging--and in their provision of design support to NASA,
JPL, the commercial satellite market, and numerous other
projects--this incredible book offers both a robust physics
background and practical advice for neophytes in the field and
experienced plasma physicists and spacecraft engineers.

In addition to containing numerous equations, graphs, tables,
references, and illustrations, Guide to Mitigating Spacecraft
Charging Effects covers:

* Solar cell technology, especially higher voltage arrays, and the
new design approaches that are appropriate for them

* Information about the space plasma environment

* New analytic computer codes to analyze spacecraft charging

* Spacecraft anomalies and failures which emphasized designs that
are of greater importance than others