Publication Date:
2016-06-07
Description:
The operating modes of the SC4-1 payload, the resultant charging of the spacecraft frame and sample materials on the spacecraft exterior and recorded transient pulses are reported. Arcing was detected by pulse monitors in several electron beam modes of operation. The ejection of a beam of 6 mA of 3 keV electrons caused three distinct payload failures and created a transient problem in the telemetry system. The exact time, nature, and cause of these failures was determined and component failure and why they failed was identified. Analytical and modeling techniques are used to examine possible spacecraft and payload responses to the electron beam ejection which might have contributed to the arcing and payload failures.
Keywords:
SPACECRAFT DESIGN, TESTING AND PERFORMANCE
Type:
NASA. Lewis Research Center Spacecraft Charging Technol., 1980; p 509-559
Format:
text
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