Prototype Instrumentation and Design Studies

Abstract

The Shuttle Potential and Return Electron Experiment (SPREE) was flown as part of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1) on STS-46 launched on July 31, 1992. A significant portion of this contract has been spent on the design and development of the SPREE analyzer system. The successful launch and operation of the SPREE during the TSS-1 and EOIM mission were the culmination of the past five years' work. This final report details the SPREE system as flown and some of the preliminary results. These successes include a real-time charging detection algorithm that correctly and accurately diagnosed the potential of the Shuttle with respect to the ambient plasma, a particle correlator system that was able to accurately detect and analyze wave/particle interactions triggered by electron beam operations, a pair of digital data recorders that archived 5 Gigabytes of data, two sets of triquadraspherical electrostatic analyzers that measured the flux of electrons and ions from 10 eV to 10 KeV and from 10000 to 1 x 10 to the 14th particles/sq cm-ster-sec., and occasional operating pressures that exceeded 0.0001 Torr.... Shuttle potential and return electron experiment, Tethers, Particle correlator, Electron beams, Spacecraft charging

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1993
Accession Number
ADA266402

Entities

People

  • A. W. Everest
  • Alan C. Huber
  • David J. Sperry
  • John A. Pantazis
  • John O. Mcgarity

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Charged Particles
  • Cross Correlation
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Energy Bands
  • Environment
  • Frequency Bands
  • Space Stations
  • Spacecraft
  • Tape Recorders

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Satellites