The Design Development and Test of Satellite, Balloon and Rocket Bourne Mass Spectrometer, Electronic Assemblies.

Abstract

This report reviews the design and development of the electronic assemblies used with Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers. The Mass Spectrometers are used by the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory to make composition studies of the upper atmosphere and the ionosphere. The first phase of work was directed toward a satellite instrument designed to measure both positive and neutral constituents in the range of 1 AMU to 44 AMU. Phase two was directed toward a balloon instrument which would be used to measure positive ions in the range of 10 AMU up to 400 AMU. Phase three was directed toward the design of an instrument RMS-5 which could be used on either a rocket or satellite and measure both positive and neutral constituents. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 20, 1976
Accession Number
ADA036085

Entities

People

  • George P. Murphy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplifiers
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Capacitors
  • Circuits
  • Converters
  • Frequency
  • High Voltage
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Measurement
  • Operational Amplifiers
  • Oscillators
  • Power Converters
  • Power Supplies
  • Pulse Amplifiers
  • Radio Frequency Oscillators
  • Spectrometers

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

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