Specifications
- Mass: 14,809 lb (6,717 kg) or 14,839 lb (6731 kg)
- Power: 2000–2500 watts
- Internal data rate: 10 Gbit/s
- Data rate to ground: 2 Mbit/s
- Primary mission duration: 10 to 18 years
- Magnetic field intensity: 0.125 teslas produced by a 1,200 kg Nd2Fe14B permanent magnet
- Original superconducting magnet: 2 coils of niobium-titanium at 1.8 K producing a central field of 0.87 teslas
- AMS-02 flight magnet changed to non-superconducting AMS-01 version to extend experiment life and to solve reliability problems in the operation of the superconducting system
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