Solar Absorptivity Degradation of Spacecraft Materials Due to UV and Charged Particles in the Gateway Environment
A Zinecker,
B Spivey,
G Jayne
et al.
Abstract:Gateway will be an outpost in cislunar space designed to survive a 15-year mission to support human Moon landings and future deep space exploration. The Gateway Passive Thermal Control System (PTCS) Group has identified charged particle and UV degradation of potential Gateway materials as a knowledge gap for the Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) and transit environment, especially the slow spiral transit planned for the first two modules. Solar absorptivity degradation is important to quantify because the end… Show more
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