ESA

Brief Description of
the Study of Plasma and Energetic Electron and Effects

(SPEE)

Abstract
ESA contr. no.11974/96/NL/JG(SC) (*)
Statement of Work (pdf file)
Main outputs and results
Team
Links

Abstract

The present study was directed towards the analysis of the actual environment at the origin of electrostatic charging on satellite surfaces and within dielectric materials and anomalies. The principal objectives of this activity are to improve our current knowledge of the high energy electron environment as it is actually experienced by spacecraft, to check the validity of the existing tools and to prepare for the next generation of tools that would be able to take into account plasma effects for post-event analysis of anomaly events, spacecraft operations and mission analysis. The work is divided in three parts: (i) Analysis of a low Earth polar orbiting spacecraft charging data set, (ii) development of an anomaly risk forecast system and (iii) study and tools development for global geospace modelling and prediction.

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Main outputs and results

The main outputs of this study are:

Team

Technical manager and FMI main contact: H. Koskinen
IRF-K main contact: L. Eliasson
IRF-U main contact: B. Holback
ESA Technical officer and Initiator: A. Hilgers

Links

FMI SPEE server
IRF ESA


1.12. 1998

ESTEC contract 11974/96/NL/JG(SC) (*)