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Vehicle environment interactions - An overviewThe advent of Space Shuttle Orbital operations utilizing science and technology payloads has led to a renewal of interest of vehicle-environmental interactions in low earth orbit. The first science payload on STS-3 showed an interaction on the surface of the Orbiter which, although it had been detected earlier on unmanned spacecraft, quickened interest in the possible impact of this phenomena on future missions. Subsequent flights have yielded data on a wide variety of interaction phenomena resulting from the large size of the Orbiter and its outgassing characteristics. These drivers have given rise to modifications in the neutral gas and plasma environments of the Space Shuttle Orbiter. The physics of the interactions result in the generation of disturbed wave fields, optical emissions and particle distributions in the vicinity of the Orbiter. In this overview, the present observations, suggested interpretations and open questions will be addressed.
Document ID
19880059574
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Raitt, W. J.
(Utah State University Logan, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Advances in Space Research
Volume: 8
Issue: 1 19
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Launch Vehicles And Space Vehicles
Accession Number
88A46801
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-235
CONTRACT_GRANT: F19628-86-K-0015
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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