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Vehicle: The International Space Station

Estimated launch date: 2007

Mission lifetime: 4 years

Payload mass: 5900 kg

Power: 850 Watts (normal operation)

Average data rate: 250 kbps, 3 GB/day (4 GB storage)

Volume: ~2 m x 2 m x 3 m including ISS interface



Instrument Capabilities

High-energy range: E <= 1015 eV

Charge (Z) range for high-energy: 1 <= Z <= 28

Energy resolution (at the knee): sigmaE < 50%

Charge resolution: sigmaZ < 0.2



A service of the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics (LHEA) at NASA's GSFC
Author: Chris Wanjek
Responsible NASA Official: Robert Streitmatter

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