High temperature superconductivity space experiment (HTSSE)

• Published in: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 2533 - 2536
• Main Authors: Ritter, J.C., Nisenoff, M., Price, G., Wolf, S.A.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Legacy CDMS IEEE 01.03.1991; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Subjects: 320201 > Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization > Transportation > Air & Aerospace; 440200 > Radiation Effects on Instrument Components, Instruments, or Electronic Systems; CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties; Cryogenics; Data acquisition; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; Electronics And Electrical Engineering; ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; Exact sciences and technology; FABRICATION; High temperature superconductors; HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS; INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; Millimeter wave technology; Packaging; Physics; Properties of type I and type II superconductors; Refrigeration; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; Space technology; SPACE VEHICLE COMPONENTS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; Superconducting microwave devices; Superconductivity; SUPERCONDUCTORS 665412 > Superconducting Devices > (1992-)
• ISSN: 0018-9464; 1941-0069
• DOI: 10.1109/20.133732

An experiment dealing with high-temperature superconducting (HTS) devices and components in space is discussed. A variety of devices (primarily passive microwave and millimeter-wave components) has been procured and will be integrated with a cryogenic refrigerating and data acquisition system to form the space package, which will be launched in late 1992. This space experiment is expected to demonstrate that this technology is sufficiently robust to survive the space environment and that the technology has the potential to improve the operation of space systems significantly. The devices for the initial launch have been evaluated electrically, thermally, and mechanically, and will be integrated into the final space package early in 1991. The performance of the devices is summarized, and some potential applications of HTS technology in space systems are outlined.