ML-101 Thermal Control Coatings: Five Year Space Exposure.

Abstract

This report presents the results of a thermal control coatings experiment on the Air Force P72-1 satellite which was launched into a low earth polar orbit in October 1972. The objectives of this experiment were to measure the amount of degradation of experimental thermal control coatings after exposure to the space environment and to correlate these results with those of exposure for the same coatings measured in a laboratory space simulation chamber. Data during five years of space exposure (more than 26,000 revolutions of the satellite) show that all coatings degraded more than expected. Most of this degradation probably was due to contamination.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADB031188

Entities

People

  • Robert A. Winn

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Chambers
  • Contamination
  • Degradation
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Ecosystems
  • Environment
  • Orbits
  • Polar Orbits
  • Revolutions
  • Simulations
  • Space Environments
  • Space Simulation Chambers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites