Payload charging events in the mesosphere and their impact on Langmuir type electric probes

• Main Authors: Bekkeng, T.A., Barjatya, A., Hoppe, U.-P., Pedersen, A., Moen, J.I., Friedrich, M., Rapp, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: München : European Geopyhsical Union 2013
• Subjects: Ionosphere (Instruments and techniques); Space plasma physics (Numerical simulation studies; Spacecraft sheaths; wakes; charging); 530; Andøya; Langmuir
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.34657/1606; https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/4029

Three sounding rockets were launched from Andøya Rocket Range in the ECOMA campaign in December 2010. The aim was to study the evolution of meteoric smoke particles during a major meteor shower. Of the various instruments onboard the rocket payload, this paper presents the data from a multi-Needle L...