Meteoroid and Debris Impact Features Documented on the Long Duration Exposure Facility

摘要: Abstract : The Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) was host to several individual experiments designed characterize aspects of the meteoroid and space debris environment in low Earth orbit. It realized from very start, however, that most complete way accomplish this goal exploit record entire LDEF. Meteoroid Debris Special Investigation Group (M&D SIG) organized achieve end. Two dominant goals M&D SIG are documentation impact LDEF, dissemination information all interested workers. As a major step towards accomplishment these goals, we have prepared publication describing observations feature made during LDEF deintegration activities at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) spring 1990. is hoped report will serve as useful guide for spacecraft designers well workers, it spur further work on laden surfaces collected by now available allocation qualified investigators.