session 6

Title

Space Environmental Effects and Spacecraft Protection

Description

The focus of the session will be on space environmental effects and spacecraft protection. The effects of vacuum, radiation, atomic oxygen, spacecraft charging, thermal cycling, dissociation, meteoroids and space debris impact on space systems, materials and structures, and microelectronics will be addressed. Protective and shielding technologies, including analysis simulation and testing of debris impact, and susceptibility of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) micro-electronics to space radiation will be covered.

Date

2009-10-15

Time

10:00

Room

Technical Session #5

IPC members

• Chairman: Dr. Minoo Dastoor, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States;

• Chairman: Prof. Akira Meguro, Tokyo City University, Japan;

• Rapporteur: Dr. Giuliano Marino, CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Centre, Italy;