MSRR Rack Level
- Structural Attachment: 2 Experiment Modules (EM)
- Power: 6000W, with 5000W 120/28 V dc power supplied tthe Ems
- Thermal Control: 6000W Payload heat rejection – water
- Data: 2 Ethernet; 2 MIL-STD-1553B
- Vide: 1 NTSC feed from each payload source
- Vacuum Exhaust System: 1 Payload connection supplies from both EMs
- Vacuum Resource: 1 Payload connection supplies from both Ems
MSRR Payload Level (Allocation per EM Position)
- EM ALPHA
- Structural Attachment: 140kg, including cage on-orbit
- Power: 10 A @ 28Vdc, 10 A @120Vdc
- Thermal Control – Air: 0 W
- Thermal Control – Water: 0 W
- Data: 1 MIL-STD-1553B; 1 Ethernet
- Vide: 1 NTSC Feed
- Vacuum Exhaust System/Vacuum Resource: 1 each (Shared)
- Operation of resistance heated Furnace Inserts with up t8 individually controlled heaters qualified for maximum temperatures of 1400 °C
- Material Science Laboratory (MSL) – EM BETA
- Structural Attachment: 340kg on-orbit
- Power: 10 A @ 28Vdc, 5/10 A @120Vdc
- Thermal Control – Air: 0 W
- Thermal Control – Water: 4800 W
- Data: 1 MIL-STD-1553B
- Vide: 1 NTSC Feed
- Vacuum Exhaust System/Vacuum Resource: 1 each (Shared)
- Low Gradient Furnace (LGF)
- Hardware/Facility Curator: European Space Agency (ESA)
- Type of Processing: Bridgman
- Gradient Zone Length: 200 mm
- Maximum Processing Temp: 1400°C
- Minimum Processing Temp: 500°
- Temperature Stability Control: ±0.02°K (T>1073°K)
- Sample Ampoule/Cartridge Size: OD 26mm; Length 470mm
- Number of heating zones: 7
- Sample Instrumentation: Up t12 thermocouples inside the sample cartridge plus pressure transducer
- Realtime Science Data Capture (format): N/A
- Translation Velocity: 10.5-0.2mm/sec
- Translation Stability: ±1.5%
- Levels of Containment: 2
- Solidification and Quenching Furnace (SQF)
- Hardware/Facility Curator: European Space Agency (ESA)
- Type of Processing: Bridgman
- Gradient Zone Length: 250 mm
- Maximum Processing Temp: 1400°C
- Minimum Processing Temp: 500°
- Temperature Stability Control: ±0.01°K (T>773°K)
- Sample Ampoule/Cartridge Size: OD 16mm; Length 470mm
- Sample Instrumentation: Up t12 thermocouples inside the sample cartridge plus pressure transducer
- Realtime Science Data Capture (format): N/A
- Translation Velocity: 10.5-0.2mm/sec
- Translation Stability: ±1.5%
- Levels of Containment: 2
- Sample Cartridge Assemblies (SCAs)
- Leak-tight containers for materials samples, sensors for process control & safety, and stimuli
- LGF-type SCAs and SQF-type SCA qualified for maximum temperatures of 940 °C and 1065 °C, respectively
- Both LGF and SQF SCAs can accommodate up ta maximum of 12 thermocouple’s