Accession Number:

ADA191291

Title:

Spacecraft Charging Effects on Satellites Following STARFISH Event

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

COMPUTER SCIENCES CORP EL SEGUNDO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Wenaas, E. P.

Report Date:

1978-02-17

Pagination or Media Count:

47.0

Abstract:

The purpose of this effort is to review spacecraft performance immediately before and after the STARFISH high-altitude nuclear test to determine whether the artificial electron environment produced by the nuclear burst may have caused any discernible spacecraft SC charging effects either through satellite telemetry or through data channels of on-board experiments.

Descriptors:

• *DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
• *NUCLEAR EXPLOSION TESTING
• *ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENTS
• *RADIO INTERFERENCE
• NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• ELECTRONS
• SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
• TELEMETER SYSTEMS
• ELECTRIC CHARGE
• SPACE CHARGE
• CHANNELS
• ONBOARD
• HIGH ALTITUDE
• SPACECRAFT
• DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Nuclear Weapons
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Unmanned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE