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The authors report on the measurements performed in the IFSI/CNR plasma chamber at Frascati related to the laboratory investigation of the interaction between a plasma source and an ambient plasma of ionospheric type. Such an interaction is of relevant interest for the possibility of using electrodynamic tethered satellite systems, orbiting at ionospheric altitude, for generating electric power or propulsion in space. The interaction region was analysed at various conditions of ambient magnetic field ((0÷0.5) G) and at different polarization levels of the plasma source ((0÷40) V). The plasma measurements were carried out with a diagnostic system using an array of Langmuir probes movable in the chamber so that a map of the plasma parameters could be obtained at the different experimental conditions.
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Vannaroni, G., Giovi, R. & de Venuto, F. Laboratory simulation of the itneraction between a tethered satellite system and the ionosphere. Il Nuovo Cimento C 15, 685–701 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02507841
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