Abstract A tethered payload experiment (Charge-2) was carried out as an international program between Japan and the USA using a NASA sounding rocket at White Sands Missile Range. The objective of the experiment was to perform a new type of active experiment in space by injecting an electron beam from a mother-daughter rocket system connected with a long tether wire. The electron beam with voltage and current up to 1 kV and 80 mA (nominal) was injected from the mother payload. An insulated conductive wire of 426 m length connected the two payloads, the longest tether system flown so far. The electron gun system and diagnostic instruments (plasma, optical, particle and wave) functioned correctly throughout the flight. The potential rise of the mother payload during the electron beam emission was measured with respect to the daughter payload. The beam trajectory was detected by a camera onboard the mother rocket. Wave generation and current induction in the wire during the beam emission were also studied.


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    Title :

    Results from a tethered rocket experiment (Charge-2)


    Contributors:
    Kawashima, N. (author) / Sasaki, S. (author) / Oyama, K.I. (author) / Hirao, K. (author) / Obayashi, T. (author) / Raitt, W.J. (author) / White, A.B. (author) / Williamson, P.R. (author) / Banks, P.M. (author) / Sharp, W.F. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1988-01-01


    Size :

    5 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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