Review of MMOD Shielding of the Chinese Space Station
- Paper number
IAC-17,A6,3,1,x39686
- Author
Dr. Jun Yan, China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), China
- Year
2017
- Abstract
The Chinese space station is expected to have a mass between 60 and 70 tons, and will be the largest spacecraft ever been launched into orbits in China history. How to shield the station from risks of micro-meteoroid and space debris is a very important technology. The paper summarizeds the development history of the shielding technology for Chinese space station, including of risk assessment, shielding structure development and optimization.
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