Hot-Plasma Composition Experiment (HPCE)

The AMPTE CCE Hot-Plasma Composition Experiment (HPCE) (diagram) consists of an energetic ion-mass spectrometer and an electron background-environment monitor (EBEM). The mass spectrometer covers the entire mass per charge range from below 1 to >150 amu/e and the energy per charge range from 0 eV/e (spacecraft potential) to 17 keV/e. The EBEM measures elctrons between 50 eV and 25 keV in eight broad energy bands. The ion-mass spectrometer was not operational after April 4, 1985.

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