Long Duration Exposure Facility
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Long Duration Exposure Facility was a NASA satellite designed to expose scientific experiments to the space environment for extended periods to study the long-term effects of space on materials and systems.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA satellite
ⓘ
free-flying space laboratory ⓘ research spacecraft ⓘ |
| attitudeControl | gravity-gradient stabilized ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| diameter | about 4.3 meters ⓘ |
| experimentDomains |
astronomy
ⓘ
biology ⓘ electronics ⓘ materials science ⓘ micrometeoroid and debris ⓘ optics ⓘ |
| heritage |
contributed to International Space Station materials selection
ⓘ
informed design of Hubble Space Telescope external materials ⓘ |
| inclination | 28.5 degrees ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| launchDate | 1984-04-06 ⓘ |
| launchMission | STS-41-C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Challenger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | about 9.1 meters ⓘ |
| mass | about 9700 kilograms ⓘ |
| missionDuration | about 5.7 years ⓘ |
| missionType |
materials science research
ⓘ
space environment exposure ⓘ |
| notableContribution |
influenced design of spacecraft materials for long-duration missions
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provided extensive data on micrometeoroid and orbital debris impacts ⓘ provided long-term data on atomic oxygen erosion of materials ⓘ |
| numberOfExperiments | 57 ⓘ |
| numberOfPrincipalInvestigations | over 200 ⓘ |
| operator |
NASA
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NASA Langley Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | LEO ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| plannedMissionDuration | about 1 year ⓘ |
| powerSystem | passive (no active power generation) ⓘ |
| purpose |
to expose scientific experiments to the space environment for extended periods
ⓘ
to study long-term effects of space on electronic systems ⓘ to study long-term effects of space on materials ⓘ to study micrometeoroid and orbital debris impacts ⓘ |
| recoveredBy | Space Shuttle robotic arm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retrievalDate | 1990-01-12 ⓘ |
| retrievalMission | STS-32 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retrievalVehicle | Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | cylindrical ⓘ |
| stabilization | spin-stabilized about its long axis ⓘ |
| status |
decommissioned
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mission completed ⓘ |
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