Surface Charging Analysis of Ariel Spacecraft in L2-Relevant Space Plasma Environment and GEO Early Transfer Orbit

Ariel (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey) is the ESA Cosmic Vision M4 mission, selected in March 2018 and officially adopted in November 2020, whose launch is scheduled by 2029. It aims at characterizing the atmospheres of hundreds of exoplanets orbiting nearby stars by low-...

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Main Authors: Marianna Michelagnoli, Mauro Focardi, Maxsim Pudney, Ian Renouf, Pierpaolo Merola, Vladimiro Noce, Marina Vela Nunez, Giacomo Dinuzzi, Simone Chiarucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
Series:Aerospace
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/11/12/988