The COMES experiment was installed outside of the MIR space station during an extravehicular activity. The experiment was exposed to vacuum, atomic oxygen, and ultraviolet radiation (UV) for 1.1 years. Due to a lack of knowledge about the spacecrafts actual attitude, there is a large uncertainty in the atomic oxygen fluence and the UV dose that was experienced by COMES. Additionally, contaminants of many different origins were observed on the COMES samples.
Spacecraft Thermal Control Coatings: Comparison between Flight Results Obtained on LDEF and MIR
1992
1 pages
Report
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English
Space Technology , Long duration exposure facility , Mir space station , Thermal control coatings , Contaminants , Fluence , Oxygen atoms , Spacecraft environments , Attitude (Inclination) , Extravehicular activity , Far ultraviolet radiation , Satellite temperature , Thermal protection , Foreign technology
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