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Return Flux Experiment (ReFlux) WSF-01

TPG (4 places). 5 eV Atomic Oxygen (AO). Wake side. Ram side. N 2. NO. WSF. TOF-MS. Orbital velocity. Return Flux Experiment (ReFlux) WSF-01

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Return Flux Experiment (ReFlux) WSF-01

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  1. TPG(4 places) 5eV Atomic Oxygen (AO) Wake side Ram side N2 NO WSF TOF-MS Orbital velocity Return Flux Experiment (ReFlux) WSF-01 Literally a "back-of-the-napkin" experiment proposed at a pre-flight dinner, only days before launch, ReFlux became a contingency operation at the end of a mission of many misfortunes. Unused nitrogen propellent was pulsed into the ram flux of 90% ambient atomic oxygen (AO) at an altitude of 190 nautical miles. The expanding plume of N2 scattered the AO, acting as a shield, reducing the pressure at the surface of the Wake Shield by up to 75%. Cold cathode total pressure gauges (TPG) indicate a plume of radially deminishing density, and the shadowing caused by WSF structure. A time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS) detected the production of NO through AO-N2 interactions well above the activation energy (5eV). A ram side mounted TPG reported an Orbiter attitude thruster jet firing, and the gradual dispersion of its exhaust products, having little apparent effect on the wake side environment.

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