Electrisation en orbite de la masse d'épreuve d'un accéléromètre à très haute sensibilité.
Abstract
Analysis of the data from the high-sensitivity accelerometer CACTUS aboard the Castor satellite has revealed a charging electric current in the test mass which varies periodically. This charging current is calculated from tables of proton fluxes existing at the altitude of the satellite. Good agreement between measured and calculated daily charges was obtained.
- Publication:
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Academie des Sciences Paris Comptes Rendus Serie B Sciences Physiques
- Pub Date:
- April 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977CRASB.284..275J
- Keywords:
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- Accelerometers;
- Electric Current;
- Electrification;
- Satellite Instruments;
- Spacecraft Charging;
- Diurnal Variations;
- Proton Flux Density;
- Instrumentation and Photography