Prototype Instrumentation and Design Studies

Abstract

Flight prototype sensor systems using spherical sections and electrostatic deflection have been developed, fabricated, tested and calibrated. The detectors measure the flux of ions and electrons over a 100 deg x 10 deg angular fan and in 32 discrete energy levels from 10 eV to 10 KeV. This study describes the sensor system design for an instrument package for shuttle flight as well as a corrrelator to look for wave-particle interactions. Operating procedures for a 2.4 Gigabyte Flight Data Recorder are included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 24, 1991
Accession Number
ADA248378

Entities

People

  • A. W. Everest
  • Alan C. Huber
  • David J. Sperry
  • Ernest G. Holeman
  • John A. Pantazis
  • John O. Mcgarity
  • M. P. Gough
  • Scott J. Moran

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Connectors
  • Correlators
  • Data Processing
  • Detectors
  • Electrostatic Analyzers
  • Energy Levels
  • Flight Recorders
  • Information Science
  • Instrumentation
  • Models
  • Printed Circuits
  • Prototypes
  • Recording Systems
  • Terminals

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems