The Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) is Shuttle-transported, reusable, essentially passive facility with accommodations for a wide variety of experiments which require a free-flying carrier for exposure in space. Specifically, the LDEF is tailored to provide low-cost accomodations for experiments which have modest requirements for electrical power and data systems, and for experiments which benefit from postflight laboratory investigations with the retrieved experiment hardware.
Long duration exposure facility - A unique mode of Shuttle utilization
Einrichtung fuer langandauernde Einwirkung von Weltraumbedingungen - Ein einzigartiges Verfahren mit Shuttle
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology ; 14 , 6 ; 1258-1262
1977
5 Seiten, 9 Bilder
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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