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.

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Dr. Antonio Del Vecchio, CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Centre, Italy;

• Co-Chair: Mr. Anatolii Lohvynenko, Yuzhnoye State Design Office, Ukraine;

• Rapporteur: Prof. Kyeum-rae Cho, Pusan National University, Korea, Republic of;