Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft lightning and tribo-electric charging design and protection approach

Author

Elkman, W. ; Trinh, J. ; McCaughey, P. ; Chen, W.

Author_Institution

Space Exploration Technol., Hawthorne, CA, USA

fYear

2011

Firstpage

823

Lastpage

827

Abstract

Designing to the Eastern Launch Range lightning and tribo-electric charging environments requires specialized methods for coupling and damage susceptibility analysis, lightning simulation testing, and lightning and ESD monitoring and control. This paper describes the predictive analytical coupling and damage susceptibility methods, shielding and margin verification test methods and the control methods implemented at CCAS (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station) launch pad complex 40, for the Falcon 9 LV and Dragon spacecraft.

Keywords

electromagnetic interference; electrostatic discharge; lightning protection; shielding; space vehicles; testing; triboelectricity; CCAS; Dragon spacecraft; ESD monitoring; Eastern Launch Range lightning; Falcon 9; damage susceptibility analysis; damage susceptibility method; lightning protection; lightning simulation testing; margin verification test methods; predictive analytical coupling; shielding; triboelectric charging design; Electromagnetic interference; Lightning; Stress; Surface charging; Surface resistance; Surface treatment; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

ISSN

2158-110X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0812-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.2011.6038422

Filename

6038422