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NASA STD-4005 - The LEO Spacecraft Charging Design Standard

Dale C. Ferguson (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center) ·2006 · T3 government or agency report · VC01 VC02

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CLM-0881 Above roughly 55 volts, a spacecraft power system in low orbit can charge enough to arc and damage itself. NASA has a design standard for it, and the standard says the exact thresholds are not well known and have to be tested for.

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