An investigation was made to predict whether a hollow aluminized-plastic sphere in a terrestrial orbit at about 1000 miles altitude would be easily visible to the naked eye, would be a good reflector of radar waves, would be protected from deterioration of the plastic by ultraviolet radiation, and would assume acceptable extremes of temperature. It was found that a 2200 A thick coating of vapor-deposited aluminum on 1/4-mil-thick mylar forming a 100-ft-diam sphere would probably meet all requirements regarding radiation as well as a maximum weight limit of about 100 lb.


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    Title :

    Design Characteristics of Inflatable Aluminized-Plastic Spherical Earth Satellites With Respect to Ultraviolet, Visible, Infrared and Radar Radiation


    Contributors:
    G. P. Wood (author) / A. F. Carter (author)

    Publication date :

    1958


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English