Many space-faring organizations have requirements to limit the growth of orbital debris by passivating spacecraft that remain in orbit after mission end. These requirements state that a stored energy devices are to be fully depleted at the end of a spacecraft’s useful life. Spacecraft designs not able to comply with those requirements use a so-called “soft passivation” option. This report presents the results of two studies aimed at better understanding spacecraft pressure vessel passivation state-of-the-art. They summarize current practices and principles of pressure vessel passivation and present an approach that can be used to show that spacecraft propulsion system passivation has been achieved.
Passivation of Spacecraft Pressure Vessels: Some Comments on Requirements, Principles, and Practices
2023
37 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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