SAMPIE, the Solar Array Module Plasma Interactions Experiment, flew in the Space Shuttle Columbia payload bay as part of the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology-2 (OAST-2) mission on STS-62, March, 1994. SAMPIE biased samples of solar arrays and space power materials to varying potentials with respect to the surrounding space plasma, and recorded the plasma currents collected and the arcs which occurred, along with a set of plasma diagnostics data. A large set of high quality data was obtained on the behavior of solar arrays and space power materials in the space environment. This paper is the first report on the data SAMPIE telemetered to the ground during the mission. It will be seen that the flight data promise to help determine arcing thresholds, snapover potentials, and floating potentials for arrays and spacecraft in LEO.


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    Title :

    Preliminary Results from the Flight of the Solar Array Module Plasma Interactions Experiment (SAMPIE)


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1994


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





    Preliminary Results from the Flight of the Solar Array Module Plasma Interactions Experiment (SAMPIE)

    Ferguson, D. C. / Hillard, G. B. / United States; National Aeronautics and Space Administration | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994