TSS core equipment - A high perveance electron generator for the electrodynamic mission
Abstract
The feasibility of an Electron Generator Assembly (EGA) for attaining the requirements of the TSS-1 mission is addressed. The EGA design approach, based on the cathode emission control of the electron generator by a loop which regulates the heating current of the cathode, is described. Test results on the efficiency divergency and perveance of a prototype electron generator are reported which show that the TSS-1 mission requirements are satisfied.
- Publication:
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Space Tethers for Science in the Space Station Era
- Pub Date:
- 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988stss.proc..230B
- Keywords:
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- Cathodes;
- Electrodynamics;
- Electron Beams;
- Satellite Instruments;
- Tethered Satellites;
- Collimation;
- Electrode Materials;
- Systems Engineering;
- Tetherlines;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering