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Lightning Protection and Instrumentation at Kennedy Space Center

Author
Colon, Jose L.
Published
June 08, 2005.
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Summary
Lightning is a natural phenomenon, but can be dangerous. Prevention of lightning is a physical impossibility and total protection requires compromises on costs and effects, therefore prediction and measurements of the effects that might be produced by iightn:ing is a most at locat:ions where people or sensitive systems and equipment are exposed. This is the case of the launching pads for the Space Shuttle at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This report summarizes lightring phenomena with a brief explanation of lightning generation and lightning activity as related to KSC. An analysis of the instrumentation used at the launching pads for measurements of lightning effects with alternatives to improve the protection system and up-grade the actual instrumentation system is indicated.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 20110024188.
KSC-2005-102.
Third LACCEI International Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology (LACEEI'2005). Advances in Engineering and Technology: A Global Perspective; 8-12 Jun. 2005; Cartagena de Indias; Colombia.
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