Report
Plasma diagnostics package. Volume 2: Spacelab 2 section, part A
NASA Technical Reports Server, 19890017351
NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program
06/01/1988
Abstract
This volume (2), which consists of two parts (A and B), of the Plasma Diagnostics Package (PDP) Final Science Report contains a summary of all of the data reduction and scientific analyses which were performed using PDP data obtained on STS-51F as a part of the Spacelab 2 (SL-2) payload. This work was performed during the period of launch, July 29, l985, through June 30, l988. During this period the primary data reduction effort consisted of processing summary plots of the data received by 12 of the 14 instruments located on the PDP and submitting these data to the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC). The scientific analyses during the performance period consisted of follow-up studies of shuttle orbiter environment and orbiter/ionosphere interactions and various plasma particle and wave studies which dealt with data taken when the PDP was on the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm and when the PDP was in free flight. Of particular interest during the RMS operations and free flight were the orbiter wake studies and joint studies of beam/plasma interactions with the SL-2 Fast Pulse Electron Generator (FPEG) of the Vehicle Charging and Potential Investigation (VCAP). Internal reports, published papers and presentations which involve PDP/SL-2 data are listed in Sections 3 and 4. A PDP/SL-2 scientific results meeting was held at the University of Iowa on June 10, l986. This meeting was attended by most of the PDP and VCAP investigators and provided a forum for discussing and comparing the various results, particularly with regard to the PDP free flight.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Plasma diagnostics package. Volume 2: Spacelab 2 section, part A
- Creators
- Jolene S. Pickett - Iowa UnivL. A. Frank - Iowa UnivW. S. Kurth - Iowa Univ
- Resource Type
- Report
- Publication Details
- NASA Technical Reports Server, 19890017351
- Publisher
- NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program
- Number of pages
- 485 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/1988
- Description audience
- PUBLIC
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984455578802771
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