Plasma Motor Generator
Launch data:
| Designation
|
22701
/ 93042B
|
|
Launch
date
|
26
Jun 1993 at 13:27 UT
|
| Launch site | CC, LC-17A |
| Launch vehicle |
Delta-7925 |
| Mission
|
Tether
experiment |
| Earth orbit: |
|
Perigee/Apogee
|
192/850
km
|
|
Inclination
|
26°
|
|
Period
|
|
The PMG experiment uses somewhat different hardware from the Seds
deployer, although it is for the most part built by the same groups. The PMG
tether remained attached to the Delta stage.
PMG was launched with a 500m conducting tether containing a copper cable. The
tether deployer and end mass contained a xenon gas dispenser to complete a 0.1
kV electrical circuit through the tether with a 0.3 amp current, in a 6-hour
experiment to study space tethers' electrodynamic properties.
Ref: #15 - update: 22.07.04