Abstract The International Space Station Freedom will give opportunities over some 30 years to perform ongoing observational programmes from above the Earth's atmosphere over a band of some ± 28° centred on the equator. The scientific disciplines of astrophysics and solar-terrestrial interactions as well as Earth and environmental observation will be able to benefit from such a long lived observational platform. There are no doubts that a major part of the Space Station research will be filled primarily with microgravity and life science programmes. For European scientists in the disciplines of Space Science and Earth Observation the Space Station Freedom will also offer places to install suitable instruments. Today these are: the External Viewing Platform on the Columbus Attached Lab and specific Resource Ports for small attached payloads on the Space Station truss structure. Additionally external canisters on the Columbus Free Flying Laboratory may be implemented and access may be arranged to the Exposed Facility on the trailing end of the Japanese Experiment Module. Two major studies have laid the groundwork for our synthesized overview. These are the still ongoing Attached PayLoad Support Systems (APLSS) study and the finalized Scientific AirLock (SAL) Study Team reports from 1990/91 and 1989 respectively. In our paper we will give a critical review of some of the considered model instruments and an instrument traffic model for Space Science and Earth Observation particularly with regard to the criteria: compatibility with the ongoing scientific and technological research programmes, and space station restrictions, as well as long-term prospects—as far as this is currently available. Our report provides also an opportunity to update the earlier work against revised opportunities and against more distinct system requirements brought about by the design of all aspects continuing to harden.


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    Titel :

    European opportunities for astronomical, solar-terrestrial and Earth observation research aboard the space station freedom


    Beteiligte:
    Gaida, Manfred (Autor:in) / Blume, Horst (Autor:in) / Thomas, Ian (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 29 , 3 ; 223-232


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1991-10-25


    Format / Umfang :

    10 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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