Debris Resistive/Acoustic Grid Orbital Navy-NASA Sensor (DRAGONS) is an impact sensor designed to detect and characterize collisions with small orbital debris: from 50 microns to greater than 1millimeter debris size detection; Characterizes debris size, speed, direction, and density. The Space Debris Sensor (SDS) is a flight demonstration of DRAGONS on the International Space Station: Approximately 1 square meter of detection area facing the ISS velocity vector; Minimum two year mission on Columbus External Payloads Facility (EPF); Minimal obstruction from ISS hardware; Development is nearing final checkout and integration with the ISS; Current launch schedule is SpaceX13, about September 2017, or SpaceX14, about Jan 2018.
Development of the Space Debris Sensor (SDS)
2017 In-Space Inspection Workshop ; 2017 ; Houston, TX, United States
2017-01-31
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Development of the Space Debris Sensor
NTRS | 2017
|Development of the Space Debris Sensor
NTIS | 2017
|Development of the Space Debris Sensor (SDS)
NTRS | 2017
|Development of the Space Debris Sensor (SDS)
NTIS | 2017
|The Space Debris Sensor Experiment
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