Study Reveals Cause of Potentially Damaging Electrical Discharges on Satellites
Using data collected by sensors on the U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program Satellite 6 (STP-Sat6) in geostationary orbit, scientists have found that the number of electrical discharges on a spacecraft directly correlates to the number of electrons in the surrounding environment.
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