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The influence of kinetics of neutral particles on near-surface glow of spacecraft

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A technique for calculation of the glow around low-orbit spacecraft is developed, taking into consideration the kinetics of neutral particles. Using this technique, the altitude ranges are determined where molecular processes dominate over ion-electron mechanisms. The influence of the molecular composition of the Earth’s atmosphere on the production of excited radicals NO *2 near the surface of spacecraft is studied in some detail.

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  1. Central Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Korolev, Moscow oblast, Russia

    Yu. A. Plastinin & I. Yu. Skriabisheva

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Original Russian Text © Yu.A. Plastinin, I.Yu. Skriabisheva, 2006, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2006, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 444–451.

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Plastinin, Y.A., Skriabisheva, I.Y. The influence of kinetics of neutral particles on near-surface glow of spacecraft. Cosmic Res 44, 425–432 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952506050066

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