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Hypervelocity launchers for satellite structures orbital debris characterization


Aeronautics and Aerospace Open Access Journal
Abbasali Saboktakin, Christos Spitas

Abstract

Orbital debris poses increasing threats to the space environment because of increasing space activities, therefore on-orbit hypervelocity impact should be simulated using the experiment by launch projectile into the target.

Keywords

hypervelocity, satellite structure, launcher, composite, material characterization

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