Abstract Space is a harsh environment creating many challenges for structural materials
used in space systems. Composite materials are one key enabler for space systems due to …

Over the past 60 years, satellite technology has demonstrated its usefulness successfully.
However, this usefulness is at stake from a future point of view, due to the well-admitted …

Spacecraft that are launched to operate in Earth orbit are susceptible to impacts by
meteoroids and pieces of orbital debris (MMOD). The effect of a MMOD particle impact on a …

This paper details initial results from a study of electrical effects resulting from hypervelocity
impacts at a Van de Graaff dust accelerator. Iron particles between 10− 15 g and 10− 10 g in …

Honeycomb sandwich panel has been widely used in aerospace and aeronautic
engineering as load-bearing components. Cost-effective shielding structure can also be built …

All spacecraft in Earth orbit are exposed to the risk of impact with micrometeoroids and
orbital debris. When such particles have enough energy to penetrate the hull of the vehicle …

A new two-stage light-gas gun type accelerator was developed at Fraunhofer EMI. The
pumping stage is modified to create a single, elongated pressure pulse to act on the …

The work described in the present paper, performed as a part of the P 2 project, presents an
enhanced method to evaluate satellite vulnerability to micrometeoroids and orbital debris …

This paper presents a computational methodology to predict the satellite system-level effects
resulting from impacts of untrackable space debris particles. This approach seeks to improve …

The characteristics of plasma generated by hypervelocity impact were studied through both
theoretical analysis and numerical simulation. Based on thermodynamics and statistical …