Plasma Environment Platform for Satellite tests in Orléans (PEPSO)
PEPSO consists mainly of a plasma chamber installed at LPC2E since 2020. This installation aims at simulating a space environment on the ground to be able to test instruments, nanosatellite platforms, and the interactions between the two. It allows creating a plasma close to ionospheric conditions, which corresponds to the environments encountered by satellites in low orbits.
Details are provided here.
PEPSO also supports instrumental theses, research internships and teaching.
Contact at LPC2E : pierre.henri@cnrs-orleans.fr