Environmental Impact Analysis Process Chemical Release Experiment

Abstract

The U.S. Air Force proposes to conduct an experiment to identify the potential environmental consequences of an inadvertent release of hydrazine rocket propellant in space, during orbital or suborbital operations. The experiment will be sponsored by the Space Defense Initiative Organization. The experiment will be managed by the U.S. Air Force Space Technology Center. The experiment will be conducted in the thermosphere of outer space, at an earth of about 300 km. The experiment will involve the ejection of three Get Away Special (GAS) satellites (one during the first and two during the second Shuttle flight), each containing about 100 pounds of specified hydrazine fuel, plus the required circuitry for tracking and ordinance activation. The satellites will be ejected from a Space Shuttle which will be launched from Kennedy Space Center.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA413219

Entities

Organizations

  • Space Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Earth Orbits
  • Ecology
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fish
  • Habitats
  • Health Services
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Space Shuttles
  • Ultraviolet Radiation

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Satellites