Sace shuttle meteoroid and orbital debris impact damage

摘要

Post-flight surveys of meteoroid and orbital debris (M&OD) impacts on the Space Shuttle Orbiter are conducted to identify damage caused by hyperelocity impacts from M&OD and to identify the source (i.e., whether meteoroid or orbital debris) of the projectiles Responsible [1,2] This report provides data on Orbiter M&OD impacts for a five-year period And describes in detail the 39 most significant impacts. For the period 6/92 through 12/99 there Were 49 Shuttle Transportation System (STS) missions (STS-50 through STS-103) of which 38 Had post-flight inspections to identify M&OD impacts.