Overview

This work contains the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Studies Institute, which emphasized the basic physics of the space environment and the engineering aspects of the environment's interactions with spacecraft. The book's 35 chapters, each written by an international expert on the topic, bring together the latest data characterizing the space environment and the analyses of the interactions of systems in that environment. The contents are underscored by our constantly developing understanding of space which has resulted from the vast quantity of recent data and experiments coupled with a worldwide renewal of interest in extended satellite operations for military, commercial and scientific missions. These proceedings provide a useful tool which should assist spacecraft engineers in the design and construction of payloads capable of accommodating long-term interactions with the space environment. They may be used equally effectively as a reference text for the designer or for the student at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level.

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Author:   R.N. Dewitt ,  Dwight Duston ,  Anthony K. Hyder
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1993 ed.
Volume:   245
Weight:   1.576kg
ISBN:  

9780792324539

ISBN 10:   0792324536
Pages:   962
Publication Date:   30 September 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Overview of the Space Environment.- Near Earth Space, A Historical Perspective.- Overview from a Systems Perspective.- to the Space Environment.- The Sun - Its Role in the Environment of the Near Earth Space.- The Upper Atmosphere and the Ionosphere.- The Near Earth Particulate Environment.- The Magnetosphere and Its Interaction with the Solar Wind and with the Ionosphere.- Cosmic Radiation.- The Interplanetary Environment.- Environmental Interactions with Materials and Components.- Atomic Oxygen and Its Effect on Materials.- Ultraviolet and Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation Effects on Spacecraft Thermal Control Materials.- Contaminant-Sensitive Systems in the Solar Radiation Environment.- Hypervelocity Impact Physics - Plasma Discharge Phenomena on Solar Generators.- Methodology for Impact Damage Assessment.- Protection and Shielding.- Physics of Energetic Particle Interactions.- Radiation Damage to Surface and Structure Materials.- Hazards to Electronics in Space.- Plasma Interactions atLow Altitudes.- Potential Threats to the Performance of Vacuum-Insulated High-Voltage Devices in a Space Environment.- Surface Charging of Spacecraft in Geosynchronous Orbit.- Space Environment and EMC/ESD Phenomena.- Internal Charging and Secondary Effects.- Environmental Interactions with Space Systems.- Tether Phenomena Observed in the Oedipus-A Experiment.- Results of Space Experiments: CRRES.- An Overview of the Long Duration Exposure Facility: Case Studies for the Effects of the Space Environment on Spacecraft Systems.- Space Power Experiments Aboard Rockets.- Current Collection by High-Voltage Spacecraft.- The Human System in Space.- The Arcing Rate for a High Voltage Solar Array: Theory and Experiments.- Advanced Space Photovoltaic Technology.- A Brief Overview of Electrodynamic Tethers.- Beyond Mars.- Appendices.- Appendix A: Poster Papers.- Appendix B: Organizing Committee.- Appendix C: Lecturers.- Appendix D: Attendees.

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