The natural space environment is characterized by many complex and subtle phenomena hostile to spacecraft. The effects of these phenomena impact spacecraft design, development, and operations. Space systems become increasingly susceptible to the space environment as use of composite materials and smaller, faster electronics increases. This trend makes an understanding of the natural space environment essential to accomplish overall mission objectives, especially in the current climate of better/cheaper/faster. This primer provides a brief overview of the natural space environment - definition, related programmatic issues, and effects on various spacecraft subsystems. The primary focus, however, is to catalog, through representative case histories, spacecraft failures and anomalies attributed to the natural space environment. This primer is one in a series of NASA Reference Publications currently being developed by the Electromagnetics and Aerospace Environments Branch, Systems Analysis and Integration Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Spacecraft System Failures and Anomalies Attributed to the Natural Space Environment
1996
56 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Unmanned Spacecraft , Manned Spacecraft , Space Safety , Aerospace environments , System failures , Spacecraft design , Plasma interactions , Temperature effects , Meteoroids , Space debris , Ionizing radiation , Solar radiation , Geomagnetism , Nasa programs , Case histories , Systems engineering , Anomalies , Communication satellites , Goes 7 , Hubble space telescope , Long duration exposure facility , Galileo spacecraft , Space shuttles , Noaa satellites , Landsat satellites , Neutral particles , Thermosphere
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