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Particle-In-Cell Modeling of CubeSat Interaction with Ionospheric Plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2018

Nadia Imtiaz  and
Richard Marchand
Nadia Imtiaz
Affiliation:
Theoretical Physics Division, PINSTECH, Pakistan email: nhussain@Alberta.ca
Richard Marchand
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics & University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada email: rmarchan@Alberta.ca
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Abstract

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We numerically investigate the interaction between a nanosatllite CubeSat and surrounding plasma. The present study aims to elucidate particular issues related to nanosatllite-plasma interaction which affects the on-board instruments by using particle-in-cell simulations. The numerical results of the present study demonstrate the importance of several key physical processes in nanosatellites-plasma interaction. In particular, it is shown that plasma flow, ion composition, and the geomagnetic field have a strong impact on the Langmuir probes.

Keywords

CubeSatparticle-in-cellnanosatellites

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