A High-Energy Molecular Beam Facility Adapted to Satellite Test and Development

Abstract

A molecular beam type of facility was developed which can produce satellite energy gas species in a stream large enough to be useful for testing orbital sampling instruments. An argon-seeded hydrogen beam one centimeter in diameter had argon flux rates corresponding to orbit altitudes from 290 to 600 km. The argon kinetic energy was about 8 ev, and flow times were one second at 15-sec intervals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0774593

Entities

People

  • W. B. Stephenson

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Calibration
  • Chambers
  • Diameters
  • Elements
  • Energy
  • Instrumentation
  • Ionization Gages
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Knudsen Number
  • Measurement
  • Stagnation Temperature
  • Tennessee
  • Test Facilities
  • Vacuum
  • Vacuum Chambers
  • Vapor Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Satellites