Meteoroid and Debris Impact Features Documented on the Long Duration Exposure Facility
Abstract
The Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) was host to several individual experiments designed to characterize aspects of the meteoroid and space debris environment in low Earth orbit. It was realized from the very start, however, that the most complete way to accomplish this goal was to exploit the meteoroid and debris record of the entire LDEF. The Meteoroid and Debris Special Investigation Group (M&D SIG) was organized to achieve this end. Two dominant goals of the M&D SIG are the documentation of the impact record of the entire LDEF, and the dissemination of this information to all interested workers. As a major step towards the accomplishment of these goals, we have prepared this publication describing the M&D SIG observations of impact feature made during LDEF deintegration activities at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in the spring of 1990. It is hoped that this report will serve as a useful guide for spacecraft designers as well as for meteoroid and space debris workers, and that it will spur further work on the LDEF impact laden surfaces collected by the M&D SIG and now available for allocation to qualified investigators.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA337849
Entities
People
- C. Simon
- D. Atkinson
- M. Albrooks
- T. See
Organizations
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration