Satellite surface charging in LEO with ProPIC

• Main Authors: Di Fede, Simone, Elhadidi, Basman, Magarotto, Mirko, Chan, Wai Lee
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2025
• Subjects: Engineering; LEO spacecraft charging; LEO plasma wake
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182238
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

ProPIC is a fully kinetic particle-in-cell (PIC) solver developed for space electric propulsion. This work has extended its capabilities to simulate satellite surface charging and wake generation in low Earth orbit (LEO). A novel scaling approach has been implemented, decreasing computational cost b...