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Spacecraft Charging Simulations of Probe B1 of Comet Interceptor during the Cometary Flyby

Henri, P.; Miyake, Y.; Johansson, F. L. +2 more

Comet Interceptor will be the first mission to make a flyby of a long-period or interstellar comet. After launch, the spacecraft will wait at the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2 for a yet-to-be-discovered comet to appear. The mission comprises three spacecraft: One main spacecraft, A, developed by ESA, and two subprobes, B1 and B2, developed by JAXA a…