On the Existence of Debris Clouds in the Space Station Orbit

Details On the Existence of Debris Clouds in the Space Station Orbit On the Existence of Debris Clouds in the Space Station Orbit

Mar 1996

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Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 791

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Clouds, Debris, Mir, Space Station

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Two new flight experiments have been manifested on the MIR Space Station as part of European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA programmes to develop a better understanding of the effects of the space environment on materials. In addition to the active enumeration of particle impacts and trajectory, it is the intent of these experiments that impacting hypervelocity particles be captured and returned intact to Earth. Measurements will be performed post-flight on returned material to determine the flux density, diameters, and subsequent effects on various optical, thermal control and structural materials. In addition, sensors will actively measure the atomic oxygen flux and contamination deposition/effects during the mission. The ESA mission, EuroMir-95, is well underway having launched an ESA astronaut (Thomas Reiter) to Mir in September 1995, for an ESA record six months stay on Mir. Active data from the momentum detectors reconfirm the existence of orbital debris clouds. This information is considered quite germane due to the similarity in orbital altitude and inclination of the Mir and Alpha Space Stations.

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