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Vacuum Chambers
20 Mar 2018
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​​​SSC has a number of vacuum chambers to test space equipment and in particular Electric Propulsion Systems

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​SSC has a number of vacuum chambers to test space equipment and in particular Electric Propulsion Systems, including: Daedalus, which has three distinct areas separated by gate valves, thereby enabling concurrent testing of thrusters, the main chamber being 2m x 3m and ​​the other two chambers are 0.6m x 0.4m; and Pegasus, with a 1.5m3 volume, turbo-pumped to achieve 10-7 mbar in under 2 hours.​Vacuum.jpg
​​Surrey Space Centre Vacuum Facility
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