Spacecraft in low Earth orbit (LEO) are subjected to harsh environmental conditions, including radiation (cosmic rays, ultraviolet, x-ray, and charged particle radiation), micrometeoroids and orbital debris, temperature extremes, thermal cycling, and atomic oxygen (AO). These environmental exposures can result in erosion, embrittlement and optical property degradation, threatening spacecraft performance and durability. While all of these environmental exposures can cause degradation to spacecraft components, AO is a particularly serious structural, thermal, and optical threat, to exterior oxidizable spacecraft components.
Atomic Oxygen Interactions and the Design of MISSE-9 and MISSE-10 Experiments
International Space Station Research & Development Conference (ISSRDC) ; 2018 ; San Francisco, CA, United States
2018-07-24
Conference paper
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English
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