1. Space plasma environment at the ADEOS-2 anomaly
- Author
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Nakamura, Masao
- Subjects
ADEOS-2 ,spacecraft charging ,惑星間磁場 ,電子流束 ,宇宙機帯電 ,electrostatic discharge ,静電放電 ,interplanetary magnetic field ,aerospace environment ,nightside auroral oval ,ソーラーパドル ,航空宇宙環境 ,極軌道 ,solar paddle ,夜側オーロラオバール ,electron flux ,polar orbit - Abstract
The fatal anomaly of the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-2 (ADEOS-2) on the polar earth orbit of 803 km altitude, that was due to an electric power loss from 6 kW to 1 kW, occurred off the coast of Peru from 16:12 to 16:16 UT on 24 October, 2003. It was considered to be caused by the short/open of the electronic cables in the harness connected the solar paddle and the satellite body. That had been probably triggered by electrostatic charging and subsequent discharging of the electronically floating Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) blanket of the harness by the energetic auroral electron flux when the ADEOS-2 was passing through the northern aurora oval just before the anomaly. Measurements of the onboard energetic charged particle detector were not fully available around the anomaly due to the data transmission schedule. However the NOAA-17 satellite, that was almost 30 km just above the ADEOS-2, observed an extraordinary enhancement of the energetic electron flux at the nightside aurora oval. The total energetic electron flux (larger than 30 keV) is calculated to be 2.94 x 10(exp 10) (particles/sq cm). This total flux is supposed to be enough to charge the floating MLI blanket deeply and induce discharging for trigger arcs., 資料番号: AA0049206095, レポート番号: JAXA-SP-05-001E
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- 2005