DebrisLV Hypervelocity Impact Post-Shot Physical Results Summary

Abstract

The DebrisLV ( Launch Vehicle ) target was a value-added, companion target to the full-scale satellite target (i.e., DebriSat) in the joint NASA/SMC-funded DebriSat Hypervelocity Impact Experiment. DebrisLV was conceived and built at The Aerospace Corporation in the Remote Sensing Department of the Space Sciences Applications Laboratory, Laboratory Operations, Engineering and Technology Group. DebrisLV was designed to yield new information on the physics and mechanics of hypervelocity breakup. DebrisLV was designed in close collaboration with NASA and the Hypervelocity Impact expert-experimentalists at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) at Arnold AFB in order to represent the full-scale hypervelocity impact behavior of the current population of derelict launch vehicle upper stages in orbit. Although substantial forensic analysis remains to be done, the DebrisLV test has been extraordinarily fruitful in yielding new understanding of hypervelocity impacts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 27, 2015
Accession Number
ADA625015

Entities

People

  • Christopher Hartney
  • Naoki Hemmi
  • Patti M. Sheaffer
  • Paul M. Adams

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Energy Transfer
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • High Energy
  • Hydrocodes
  • Hypervelocity Impact
  • Impact
  • Liquid Metals
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanics
  • Space Debris
  • Space Sciences
  • Teamwork

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Economics
  • Explosive Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Space