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Jun 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992ldef.symp...41m&link_type=abstract
In NASA. Langley Research Center, Second LDEF Post-Retrieval Symposium Abstracts p 41 (SEE N92-27218 18-99)
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Craters, Earth Orbital Environments, Hypervelocity Impact, Ion Beams, Long Duration Exposure Facility, Meteoritic Damage, Micrometeoroids, Space Debris, Spaceborne Experiments, Electron Microscopy, Kapton (Trademark), Metal Films, Metal Polishing, Meteoroid Concentration, Optical Properties, Protective Coatings, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Shock Tubes, Thin Films
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The Ion Beam Textured and Coated Surfaces Experiment (IBEX) was designated S1003 on the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) at a location of 98 degrees relative to the ram direction. Thirty-six diverse materials were exposed to the micrometeoroid (and some debris) environment for 5.8 years. Optical property measurements indicated no changes for almost all of the materials except S-13G, Kapton, and Kapton-coated surfaces, and these changes can be explained by other environmental effects. From the predicted micrometeoroid flux of NASA SP-8013, no changes in optical properties of the surfaces due to micrometeoroids were expected. However, there were hypervelocity impacts on the various diverse materials flown on IBEX. The characteristics of these craters were documented using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and are presented. Interest in placing large solar concentrator/solar dynamic systems in space for power generation has again brought up a concern for maintaining the integrity of the optical properties of highly specular reflecting surfaces in the near-Earth space environment. It has been shown that highly reflective polished metals and thin film coatings degrade when exposed to simulated micrometeoroids in the laboratory. At LeRC, a shock tube was used to simulate the phenomenon of micrometeoroid optical properties of surfaces exposed to this impact were then evaluated. A calibrated sensor, 2000 A Al/stainless steel, was developed to not only detect the small size micrometeoroid environment, but also to evaluate the degradation of the optical properties of thin aluminum films in space. This sensor was flown on LDEF experiment S1003 and also on the OSO 3 and SERT 2 satellites that were launched in 1967 and 1970, respectively. No changes in the optical properties of the highly reflective surface sensor on SERT 2 were measured during 20 years in space. The results, as determined by the accuracy of the sensor, indicate that a highly reflective surface should lose less than 1 percent of its specular reflectance in near-Earth orbit during 20 years.
Merrow James E.
Mirtich Michael J.
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