1980 Solar Power Satellite Program Review

Fig. 2 - Est. size dependence @ LEO plasma density relative panel size Fig. 3 - Measured leakage at various plasma densities (variation with sheath size relative to 1X10 m panel) Fig. 5 - Current leakage to completly insulated panel vs solar array with uninsulated interconnects. ^=2x1q3 Fig. 6 - Space charge limited sheath- SPS surface dielectric except for small exposed conductors (dark spots).

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