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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-1):
Magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster test facility. Pulsed or
steady state power systems available. |
- Dimension:
1.5m diameter x 4.5m long
- Pumping Speed: 4x104 l/s @ 10-6 torr (air)
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Ultimate Pressure (no load): 3x10-7 torr
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Capacitor bank providing 250 kJ for 2-msec pulsed power; >30MW pulsed power
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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-2):
Electrodeless thruster and low flow propulsion test bed with
turbopump based clean pumping train. |
- Dimension:
1.0m diameter x 2.2m long
- Pumping
Speed: 1.95 x103 l/s @ 10-5 torr (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 1 x10-6 torr
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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-3):
Pulsed Plasma Thruster Test Bed. Oil Diffusion pumped facility
with impulse thrust stand for pulsed thruster performance characterizations. |
- Dimension:
1.5m diameter x 4.5m long
- Pumping
Speed: 8 x104 l/s @ 10-6 torr (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 4x10-7 torr
- Test
Ports: 0.8m x 0.9m end test port; 0.3m side port
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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-4) |
- Dimension:
1.5m diameter x 4.5m long
- Pumping
Speed: N/A
- Currently
Non-Operational
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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-5):
High Power Electric Propulsion System Test Bed. High pumping
rate for high-fidelity electrostatic thruster performance characterization/life
testing. |
- Dimension:
4.6m diameter x 18.3m long; 4m diameter x 9m access long
- Pumping
Speed: 3.5x106 l/s @ 10-6 torr (air) w/cryosystem
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 1x10-7 torr
- Test
Ports: 2- 0.9m x 0.9m long test ports; 1- 0.3m x 0.3m long
test port; 1- 1.8m x 2.4m long test port
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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-6):
Multi-role facility capable of large scale thermal vacuum tests
and high power electric propulsion performance/life testing. |
- Dimension:
7.6m diameter x 21m long; 6.7m diameter x 18.3m access long
- Pumping
Speed: 9 x105 l/s @ 10-6 torr (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 5x10-7 torr
- 3m
x 3m test port
- Solar
simulation using 9-30kW Xenon lamps; 10% uniformity
- LN2 cooled cold wall
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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-7):
High power electric propulsion vacuum facility with non-condensible
pumping capabilities. |
- Dimension:
3m diameter x 4.6m long
- Pumping
Speed: 1.25x104 l/s @ 10-6 torr (air)
- Ultimate Pressure (no load): 1x10-7 torr
- Surrounded
by concrete, except for outside wall
- Operational
2005
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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-8):
Low Power Electric Propulsion testbed. Sub 5 kW thruster performance
and component tests. |
- Dimension:
1.5m diameter x 4.5m long; 1.3m x 4.3 access
- Pumping
Speed: 1.2x105 l/s @ 10-5 torr (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 4x10-7 torr
- 0.9m
x 0.8m end test port; 0.6m x 0.6m side port; H2, N2 and
NH4 gaseous feed systems
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| Large
Area Atomic Oxygen Vacuum Facility (VF-9):
Provides uniform exposure to atomic oxygen for removal of surface
organics over roughly 1.5m x 2m area that is less than 5 cm
thick. |
- Dimension:
0.6m x 1.5m x 2.5m
- Pumping
Speed: 15m3/min @ 1x10-2 bar (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 1x10-3 torr
- RF
produce Atomic Oxygen; 1.5m x 2.1m area
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| Exposure
Facility (VF-10):
Small, environmental thermal vacuum facility with liquid nitrogen
cold shroud. |
- Dimension:
1.0m diameter x 1.5m long
- Pumping
Speed: 1.95 x 103 l/s for He @10-5 torr; 500 l/s for air
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 8x10-7 torr
- Thermal
simulation; Infrared heat lamps
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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-11):
Ion thruster technology testbed. Full scale high-power thruster
tests or component characterizations. Full diagnostics and power
suite available. |
- Dimension:
2.2m diameter x 8.25m long
- Pumping
Speed: 2.7 x 105 l/s @ 10-5 torr (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 1x10-7 torr
- 2-
12 in x 15 in Laser profilometer with 1 micron resolution;
2-D plume analysis rake with electrostatic probes; quartz
crystal microbalances; laser induced fluorescence
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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-12):
Medium to high power electrostatic thruster testbed. Full performance
characterizations, diagnostic, and power suite available. |
- Dimension:
3m diameter x 9m
- Pumping
Speed: 1 x 106 l/s @ 10-5 torr (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 8x10-8 torr
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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-13):
Pulsed Plasma Thruster Testbed. Life and plume characterization
testing. |
- Dimension:
1.5m diameter x 3.5m high
- Pumping
Speed: 1.05 x 104 l/s @ 10-6 torr (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 4x10-7 torr
- Upper
2.75m of chamber is removable; pumping system can be isolated
and remain chilled
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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-14):
Turbopump Belljar |
- Dimension:
.6m wide x .6m long x .9m high
- Pumping
Speed: 10 x 103 l/s @ 10-6
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 5x10-7 torr
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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-16):
Electrostatic Thruster test facility. |
- Dimension:
2.75m diameter x 4.5m long
- Pumping
Speed: 5x105 l/s @ 10-5 torr (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 7x10-8 torr
- LN2 cooled graphite target
- Operational
2004
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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-61):
Hollow cathode component testbed for cathode performance, ignition,
and cyclic life testing. |
- Dimension:
1m diameter x 1.5m long
- Pumping
Speed: 3x 104 l/s @ 10-6 torr (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 3.5x10-8 torr
- 0.33m
x 0.41m end test port; 0.33m x 0.41m side test port
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| Vacuum
Facility (VF-67):
Stirling Engine performance and cyclic life test facility. |
- Dimension:
1m diameter x 3m long
- Pumping
Speed: 1 x 104 l/s @ 10-6 torr (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 9x10-7 torr
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| Vacuum
Facility (CW-19):
Pulsed Plasma Thruster, low flow electric propulsion test bed. |
- Dimension:
2m diameter x 3m long
- Pumping
Speed: 2.5 x 104 l/s @ 10-5 torr (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 5x10-7 torr
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| Vacuum
Facility (PIF-H):
Plasma exposure facility for materials, photovoltaic, and dielectric
testing with thermal vacuum capability. |
- Dimension:
1.8m diameter x 1.8m long
- Pumping
Speed: 3 x 104 l/s @ 10-5 torr (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 1x10-6 torr
- Plasma
sources and diagnostics; Cold walls
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| Vacuum
Facility (PIF-V):
Plasma exposure facility for materials, photovoltaic, and dielectric
testing with thermal vacuum capability. |
- Dimension:
1.8m diameter x 2.9m high
- Pumping
Speed: 5.3 x 103 l/s@ 10-5 torr (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure (No Load): 5x10-7 torr
- Plasma
sources and diagnostics; Cold walls; Upper 2.1m is removable
for accessibility
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| Small
Multipurpose Research Facility (SMiRF): Thermal
vacuum facility with capability to safely handle gaseous and
cryogenic propellants. |
- Dimension:
1.8m diameter x 2.5m length
- Pumping
Speed: 7 x 103 l/s @ 10-5 torr (air)
- Ultimate
Pressure: 8.5x10-6 torr
- High
altitude & launch pressure environments
- LH2
and LOX (future)
- Calorimeter
testing of insulation for cryogenic propellant tanks
- Variable
cold gas cold wall (110K to 360K)
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| Small-Scale
Vacuum Facilities: Small-scale
vacuum facilities for thruster/avionics component testing. |
- Dimension:
1m dia. and smaller
- Base
pressures: from 1 x 10-8 to 1 x 10-5 torr
- Oil
free pumping available
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