HTS materials have not yet been evaluated to determine the simultaneous effects of space radiation, microgravity, electromagnetic interferences, and vibration on their fundamental properties. Any degradation in these properties must be tracked and understood before devices fabricated from these compounds may be applied in advanced space systems. Each test circuit consisted of six superconductive elements. Four electrical contacts for measuring the transition temperature and current density of each element were directly deposited onto the superconductive materials. The experiment is autonomous, so steps 1-5 above are accomplished automatically by the internal processor.
Functional procedure is simply to turn on power.