The Solar Array Module Plasma Interactions Experiment (SAMPIE) - A Shuttle-based plasma interactions experimentThe Solar Array Module Plasma Interactions Experiment (SAMPIE), an approved Shuttle space flight experiment with a tentative launch date in July 1993, is intended to investigate plasma interactions of high-voltage space power systems. Solar cell modules, representing several technologies, will be biased to high voltages to characterize both arcing (negative potential) and current collection (positive potential). Other solar modules, specially modified in accordance with current theories of arcing and breakdown, will demonstrate the possibility of arc suppression. Finally, several additional test specimens will be included to study the basic nature of these interactions. The authors describe the rationale for the space flight experiment, the measurements to be made, the significance of the expected results, and the current design status of the flight hardware.
Document ID
19920067959
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Wald, Lawrence W. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Hillard, G. B. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Subject Category
Spacecraft Propulsion And Power
Meeting Information
Meeting: IECEC ''91: Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference