[Electrostatic protection from cosmic radiation (the current status and prospects)].
Conduction currents of the vacuum atmosphere near the spacecraft were measured in an electrostatic shielding and an electrostatic shielding module in electrostatic fields of about 10(7) Wt/m at a voltage of 3 X 10(5) V onboard Cosmos-605, 690, 732 and 936. The resultant conduction currents (less than or equal to 10(-9) A/m2) give evidence that the vacuum environment has high electroinsulation properties which contradicts the concepts derived from ground-based studies. Using up-to-date high-voltage devices, it appears possible to develop an efficient electrostatic shielding which will be of a low weight and a low power consumption.
D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004560:Electricity; D004867:Equipment Design; D008280:Magnetics; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation; D014618:Vacuum
Elektrostaticheskaia zashchita ot kosmicheskikh izlucheniĭ (sovremennoe sostoianie i perspektivy).