Progress in Reentry Communications |
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Authors: | Rybak JP Churchill RJ |
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Institution: | Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colo. 80521; |
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Abstract: | Considerable progress has been made in the past few years toward understanding and solving the spacecraft communications blackout problem caused by the reentry plasma sheath. A summary of the causes and effects of the reentry plasma sheath is presented, together with a discussion of reentry plasma diagnostic techniques, proposed methods of alleviating the communications blackout, and a review of the reentry flight experiments performed to better our understanding of the reentry plasma. |
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