Electrodynamic behavior of PMG-Delta
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Authors
Chang, Chung-Jen
Subjects
NA
Advisors
Olsen, Richard Christopher
Date of Issue
1994-06
Date
June, 1994
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The PMG-Delta experiment was launched on 26 June 1993 to test basic tether electrodynamic principles. The 500 m conducting tether deployed from the second stage of a Delta-rocket, and provided approx. 3 orbits of useful information. The tether was equipped at both ends with xenon hollow cathodes. With both cathodes operating, currents up to 0.3A could be driven in either direction. Plasma impedances outside the tether were as low as a few hundred ohms at peak current during daytime/perigee(200km). Large impedances (10-100 kohms) occurred at night/apogee(900km), or when cathode cycled off.
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Thesis
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Department
Engineering Acoustics
Organization
NA
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Funding
NA
Format
64 p.;28 cm.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.