Engine firings of the Space Shuttle primary control system (PRCS) thrusters can give rise to radiation observable from ground-based telescopes such as AMOS. Such observations would yield valuable information on the environment near the spacecraft during engine operation. The radiation and the mechanisms that produce it are also important to characterize because such radiation can be a significant background noise source for telescopes mounted on spacecraft in low-Earth-orbit or LEO ...
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