The Pressure Profile of a Rocket Payload After Nose-cone Ejection |
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ambient pressure analysis ARGO D4 background gas load cold and transition cold test continued pumping corona discharge curves for S-51 D. L. Lind Goddard detection chamber discharge No discharge electrode electrostatic analyzer emission plasma detector EMPTY CHAMBER Flight Proto GAS LOAD micron gas load varied Goddard Space Flight Greater Than Empty high voltage hot test large chamber large pump-out ports Lind Goddard Space liters per second McIlwraith and D. L. microns of Hg mm of Hg nose-cone ejection order of magnitude PAYLOAD AFTER NOSE-CONE Philips ion gauge photomultiplier plasma experiment pressure conditions close pressure inside pressure microns PRESSURE PROFILE pumping capacity Ram pressure ROCKET PAYLOAD S-52 and IMP secondary emission plasma shown as Specimen silastic potting compound simulate small chamber Space Flight Center spacecraft gas load Spacecraft Outgassing telemetry test at 10°C thermal vacuum tests total gas load type type Unit type Unit type Wallops Island water vapor