Hypervelocity launchers for satellite structures orbital debris characterization
- Aeronautics and Aerospace Open Access Journal
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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