LARGE SCALE STATIC. “Differential charging of spacecraft surfaces can lead to harmful discharges, which introduce noise to the system and may interrupt normal spacecraft operations and/or represent false commands for the spacecraft. The discharge breakdown can cause physical damage which can change the satellite conductivity or thermal, chemical or optical properties.”
https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022