Long Duration Exposure Facility Experiment M0003 Deintegration/Findings and Impacts
Abstract
The Aerospace Corporation Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) experiment M0003 consists of 19 subexperiments from the Aerospace Laboratories, DOD Laboratories, and contractor organizations. It was designed to study the effects of the space environment on a large variety of spacecraft materials and components, both current and developmental. The experiment was housed in four LDEF trays and contained over 1250 specimens, two data systems, and two environment exposure control canisters. Nearly identical pairs of trays were located on the leading and trailing edges of LDEF. The materials in these trays span nearly all generic functions in spacecraft such as optics, thermal control, composites, solar power, and electronics. Effects of the space environment such as vacuum, ultraviolet, atomic oxygen, meteoroid and debris, thermal cycling, and synergistic effects on various samples are described. Summaries of the on- board data are presented
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 15, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA267140
Entities
People
- C. H. Jaggers
- M. J. Meshishnek
- S. R. Gyetvay
Organizations
- The Aerospace Corporation