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Impulse (Impuls)
03.22.12

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Experiment/Payload Overview

Information provided courtesy of the Energia website.
Brief Summary

Study of a capability to use the pulsed plasma injectors as the ionospheric disturbance sources and low-frequency electromagnetic wave sources; study of space environment disturbances by artificial plasma flows and their effect on radio waves propagation.

Principal Investigator

  • Yu Y. Ruzhin, , , , ,

    • Co-Investigator(s)/Collaborator(s)

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    Payload Developer Information Pending

    Sponsoring Space Agency

    Roscosmos

    Sponsoring Organization:

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    ISS Expedition Duration:

    October 2008 - March 2011



    Expeditions Assigned

    18, 19/20, 21/22, 23/24, 25/26

    Previous ISS Missions

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    Experiment/Payload Description

    Research Summary

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    Description

    Delivery of PPI-SM science hardware as an assembly and equipment (devices and cables) for space experiment (SE) on the ISS RS. Mounting of SE equipment and test setup connection for hardware mating with service systems (onboard equipment control system and onboard measurement system) inside the pressurized module. Installation of hardware on universal work site (UWS-D) and cable running during extravehicular activity. Test checks of the equipment operability. Measurement of the ISS electrical background in a flight.

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    Applications

    Space Applications

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    Earth Applications

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    Operations

    Operational Requirements

    PPI-SM hardware as an assembly: Pulsed plasma injector IPI-100 for the pulsed plasma flows generation and injection into space; Electrophysical parameters control complex to study electrophysical parameters near the surface of the ISS RS Service Module Kit IMPULS SE Equipment; Reprogrammable memory (2 pcs.); Cable holder (3 pcs.)

    Operational Protocols

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    Results/More Information

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    Related Web Sites
  • Energia - Science Research on the ISS Russian Segment

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    Publications

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    Ground Based Results Publications

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    ISS Patent Publications

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    Related Publications

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    Images

    Information provided by the investigation team to the ISS Program Scientist's Office.
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