On-orbit status of the High Temperature Superconductivity Space Experiment

Author

Nisenoff, Martin ; Meyers, William J.

Author_Institution

M. Nisenoff Assoc., Kensington, MD, USA

Volume

11

Issue

1

fYear

2001

fDate

3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

799

Lastpage

805

Abstract

The High Temperature Superconductivity (HTS) Space Experiment (HTSSE-II) successfully achieved orbit 23 February 1999 with the launch of the Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite (ARGOS). It contains eight HTS components and subsystems. Developed by various industrial and government laboratories in the 1992 to 1994 time frame, they were integrated with a closed cycle refrigerator into the HTSSE-II payload during 1995. The monitoring of the on-orbit performance of the HTS devices began in May 1999. After a brief description of the HTSSE program, the performance characterization of the HTSSE-II devices will be presented

Keywords

high-temperature superconductors; space vehicle electronics; ARGOS; Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite; HTSSE-II; High Temperature Superconductivity Space Experiment; closed cycle refrigerator; on-orbit characteristics; Cryogenics; Government; High temperature superconductors; Laboratories; Payloads; Space technology; Superconducting devices; Superconducting microwave devices; Superconductivity; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.919466

Filename

919466