On the secondary charging effects and structure of mesospheric dust particles impacting on rocket probes

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: O. Havnes, L. I. Næsheim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2007
• Subjects: Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Andøya; Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-25-623-2007; https://doaj.org/article/4ee9678618634feaa7a7c78c78857aa6

The dust probe DUSTY, first launched during the summer of 1994 (flights ECT–02 and ECT–07) from Andøya Rocket Range, northern Norway, was the first probe to unambiguously detect heavy charged mesospheric aerosols, from hereon referred to as dust. In ECT–02 the probe detected negatively charged dust...