Guest Editorial Special Issue on Spacecraft Charging Technology

Abstract

This Special Issue marks the eighth issue of the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science dedicated to spacecraft charging technology. The first such issue was published in December 2006. Since then, the theme of each issue has been based on the papers presented at the Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference. The theme of this issue is based on the papers presented at the 16th Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference, in 2022. It was sponsored mainly by NASA. Dr. Joseph Minow of NASA and Dr. Linda Neergaard Parker of Space Weather Solutions were the main organizers. Because of concerns over COVID-19, the conference was conducted remotely via Webex. The conference was a great success. There was good international participation. The topics of the papers were in the areas of space environment impact, numerical modeling and simulation, mitigation, radiation effects on instruments and materials, measurement techniques, atomic oxygen effects, and more. The papers presented reflected the excellence in progress in the field of spacecraft charging technology.