Pre-Flight Testing of Thermoelectric Quartz Crystal Microbalances (TQCM) for Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) Spacecraft

Testing of six Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) satellite thermoelectric quartz crystal microbalances (TQCM) was completed. These will be used to monitor contamination at various locations on the spacecraft. The tests included a 3-week drift test, power on/off tests; temperature cycling of TQCM crys...

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Hauptverfasser:	Bryson, R J, Seiber, F L, Bertrand, W T, Jones, J H, Wood, B E
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES Astronautics BOXES CARBON DIOXIDE CONTAMINATION CRYSTALS DEPOSITION DRIFT Electrical and Electronic Equipment Electricity and Magnetism ELECTRONICS FLIGHT FREQUENCY LPN-AEDC-0229 MICROBALANCES MIDCOURSE SPACE EXPERIMENTS MONITORS MOUNTING BASE MSX POWER PREFLIGHT QCM QUARTZ SPACECRAFT TEMPERATURE TEST AND EVALUATION Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods THERMOELECTRICITY
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Zusammenfassung:	Testing of six Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) satellite thermoelectric quartz crystal microbalances (TQCM) was completed. These will be used to monitor contamination at various locations on the spacecraft. The tests included a 3-week drift test, power on/off tests; temperature cycling of TQCM crystals, mounting base, and flight electronics box; and deposition of carbon dioxide gas. The data obtained will be used for analyzing MSX satellite flight contamination data. Contamination, Quartz crystal microbalance, QCM. Prepared in cooperation with Calspan Corp., Tullahoma, TN. AEDC Operations and Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD. Applied Physics Lab.