Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1768685 | Advances in Space Research | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Nascap-2k is the updated version of the NASCAP/GEO spacecraft charging analysis code. In addition to packaging the physical content of NASCAP/GEO in a modern way, Nascap-2k incorporates other plasma analysis codes (in particular, the DynaPAC code) in order to extend its applicability to a wide variety of plasma environments. Nascap-2k also includes an interactive Object Toolkit for defining spacecraft surface models for analysis. In this paper we focus on the tenuous plasma charging capabilities of the code, with application to DSCS-III (geosynchronous environment), STEREO (solar wind environment) and MESSENGER (solar wind environment near 0.4Â AU).
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Authors
M.J. Mandell, D.L. Cooke, V.A. Davis, G.A. Jongeward, B.M. Gardner, R.A. Hilmer, K.P. Ray, S.T. Lai, L.H. Krause,