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This paper presents a large vacuum facility (6-ft diameter, 10-ft long chamber) equipped with a magnetic filter-type low Earth orbit plasma source to simulate the LEO plasma environment. The measured plasma environment agree well with those of the F layers of the ionosphere.

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This page is a summary of: Ground Vacuum Facility to Simulate Low Earth Orbit Plasma Environment, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, September 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/1.a36013.
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