PMG
Plasma Motor Generator
The PMG experiment uses somewhat different hardware from the
Seds
deployer, although it is for the most part built by the same groups. The PMG
tether remained attached to the Delta stage.
PMG was launched with a 500m conducting tether containing a copper cable. The
tether deployer and end mass contained a xenon gas dispenser to complete a 0.1
kV electrical circuit through the tether with a 0.3 amp current, in a 6-hour
experiment to study space tethers' electrodynamic properties.
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/tether/tethers.html
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