Experimental Test Chamber Design Space Environment Effects In Situ Analysis Capability Simulation Chamber for Space Environment

There are certain characteristics of the space environment that are critical for a true simulation. These critical characteristics are electron flux, electromagnetic radiation, vacuum, and temperature. The electron flux is critical because the solar winds through space bombard spacecraft. The electromagnetic radiation has many critical aspects in itself. As can be seen in figure 10, the sun has a very broad range covering from the Visual/Infrared to Ultra Violet, specifically the Hydrogen Lyman Alpha emission at 121.6 nm. A vacuum simulation is critical because space is a vacuum, meaning very few particles. The temperature is critical becaus