• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.68-78
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• 2009

In this paper, the electrostatic charging and discharging mechanism, and its effects in space plasma environment are reviewed and the system design control documents, ESD analysis tools and modelling techniques, and the SPIS program in Europe are introduced. A design of the satellite system against the electrostatic discharge (ESD) effects in space plasma environments is carefully taken into account at the early stage of development. In a view of the space system design, it really depended on the mission of system, electrical and mechanical configuration, system operation, and orbit condition. Behavior of the electrons and the ions in those environments may be occurred the sever problem to the satellite operation. So it is carefully understood for implementation of the satellite system. By this reason, the space environments and its effects have been comprehensively studied in U.S.A and Europe.