A Short History of Space MS

• Ion traps, Faraday cups (eg.Imp 8)

• Electrostatic E/Q sorting (eg. Ulysses)

• Wien filters (eg.ISEE)

• Magnetic sector (eg. POLAR/TIMAS)

• Linear Time-of-Flight (eg.AMPTE/CHEM)

• Isochronous TOF (eg.WIND/SMS)

• Gated TOF (Rosetta/Rosina)

• Helical TOF