Transient phenomena induced by discharge on solar array in lowEarth orbit plasma environment

摘要

A laboratory experiment is carried out to investigate the plasmaresponse to the discharge on solar array in simulated low Earth orbitplasma environment. Once a discharge occurs, the discharge point andremotely located insulator surface is connected by a dense plasma. Thecharge stored on the insulator surface is provided as the dischargecurrent. The measurement by a moving probe revealed that there iselectric field between the discharged array and the insulator