This paper presents a large vacuum facility (6-ft-diameter, 10-ft-long chamber) equipped
with a magnetic filter-type low Earth orbit plasma source. A recommended operating …

ABSTRACT A compact electrostatic energy bandpass filter based on a laminated analyzer
design has been developed to measure charged particle fluxes at energies ranging from 0 …

A collaborative research effort between the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
(JHU/APL) and the Space Physics and the Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC), located …

A magnetically filtered oxygen plasma source has been developed and characterized for the
purpose of simulating the low-Earth-orbit environment. The source uses a magnetic ring …

A magnetic filter-type plasma source has been installed and characterized in a 10 ft long× 6
ft diameter vacuum chamber. The plasma source was characterized with a fleet of diagnostic …

Abstract The Compact Ion Mass Spectrometer (CIMS) is an ultra-low resource ion mass
spectrometer being designed to make observations of low-energy space plasmas such as …

AS-surface interactions in low Earth orbit (LEO) have been studied for years through a
combination of on-orbit observations and laboratory experiments in an effort to measure …

Dust particles often form vertical chains due to the influence of the wakefield produced by
streaming ions in the plasma sheath produced within an experimental dusty plasma. These …

An overview of the development of a facility to study the combined effects of the space
environment on spacecraft is presented. The characterization of a magnetic filter plasma …

The effects of the atmosphere on satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) have been studied for
decades through a combination of on-orbit observations and laboratory experiments in an …