HVI-test Setup of in-situ Space Debris Detector
- Paper number
IAC-12,A6,3,10,x13577
- Author
Mr. Waldemar Bauer, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany
- Coauthor
Dr. Oliver Romberg, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany
- Coauthor
Dr. Carsten Wiedemann, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
- Coauthor
Mr. Robin Putzar, Fraunhofer EMI, Germany
- Coauthor
Dr. Frank Schäfer, Fraunhofer EMI, Germany
- Coauthor
Dr. Gerhard Drolshagen, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands
- Coauthor
Prof. Peter Voersmann, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
- Year
2012
- Abstract
Collisions of spacecraft in orbit with Space Debris (SD) or Micro-Meteoroids (MM) lead to payload degradation, anomalies or failures in spacecraft operating or even to loss of a whole mission. Existing flux models and impact risk assessment tools, like MASTER or ORDEM, and ESABASE2 or BUMPER II are used to analyze the mission risk concerning this hazard potential. The validation of the flux models so far is partly based on SD and MM impact data from in-situ impact detectors, e.g. DEBIE, GORID, capture cells, and on the analyses of retrieved hardware from space, e.g. LDEF, HST or EURECA. However the knowledge on the small objects populations (millimeter down to micron sized) in space is rather limited and need to be enhanced for reliable models. As a contribution to software validation (e.g. MASTER, ORDEM) in terms of data acquisition, a new type of impact detector is currently under development at DLR. The Solar Generator based Space Debris Impact Detector (SOLID) makes use of spacecraft solar panels and therefore offers a large sensor area and high flexibility regarding the orbit. This paper presents the impact detector design as well as the High-Velocity-Impact test (HVI-test) setup, forseen for tests at the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed-Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI.
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