An in-flight plasma diagnostic package for spacecraft with electric propulsion

An in-flight plasma diagnostic package for spacecraft with electric propulsion

Abstract The plasma diagnostics presented in this article target the plasma surrounding a spacecraft that is created by the electric thruster and its surface modifying effects. The diagnostic package includes a retarding potential analyzer, a plane Langmuir probe, and an erosion sensor. The paper de...

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Main Authors: Thomas Trottenberg, Florian Bansemer, Stephan Böttcher, Davar Feili, Hartmut Henkel, Marcel Hesse, Holger Kersten, Tony Krüger, Jens Laube, Alexey Lazurenko, Daniel Sailer, Björn Schuster, Lars Seimetz, Alexander Spethmann, Stefan Weis, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-10-01
Series:EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation
Subjects:
Plasma diagnostics
Electric spacecraft propulsion
Ion thrusters
Sputtering
Charge-exchange collisions
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-021-00073-8

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