THERMAL ION AND ELECTRON TRAP EXPERIMENTS ON EXPLORER 31 SATELLITE

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作者
DONLEY, JL
机构
[1] Laboratory for Space Sciences, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt Md.
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10.1109/PROC.1969.7154
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The planar thermal ion and electron trap experiments on the Explorer XXXI satellite are described. These are capable of measuring ion and electron density and temperature and ionic composition at the satellite. Instrumentation, principles of operation, data analysis procedures, and sources of error are discussed. Copyright © 1969 by The Inshtute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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