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CNES Experiments on MEDET: Lessons Learned

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Protection of Materials and Structures From the Space Environment

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings ((ASSSP,volume 32))

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The Material Exposure and Degradation ExperimenT MEDET has been successfully launched and retrieved with EuTEF from the Columbus External Payload Facility of the ISS (18 months, from February 2008 to September 2009). All experiments have been providing data as expected during the operations phase. MEDET is an active experiment that was exposed to the Low Earth orbit (LEO) environment. It combines seven sub-experiments. CNES has been proposed two experiments devoted to the measure of μ-particles:

SODAD is a MOS type impact detector, to characterise the properties of micrometeoroids and orbital debris particles.

AEROGEL is a passive detector, to capture micrometeoroid and orbital debris particles

In previous papers [1–3] we have proposed in flight results inside this paper, we describe the post-flight analysis of both CNES experiments and an analysis of all MEDET surfaces exposed to impacts effects. A correlation with simulation tools is discussed

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank MEDET team, all co-PI’s and all people and laboratories who have participated to the expertises:

• CNES/Novamens : JM-DESMARRES – J. LELLOUCHI,

• Institut Fresnel: Franck WAGNER,

• Service microscopie Université Montpellier II: Claude GRILL

Credit photo: thanks to NASA, ESA, CNES, Prime Verre

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  1. CNES – Centre Spatial de Toulouse, 18 avenue Edouard Belin, 31401, Toulouse Cedex 9, France

    Ch. Durin & S. Remaury

  2. Mandespace, 8 rue des Régans, 31000, Toulouse, France

    J. C. Mandeville

  3. ONERA (The French Aerospace Lab), 2 Av Edouard Belin, 31055, Toulouse Cedex, France

    V. Rejsek-Riba & S. Duzellier

  4. Prime Verre PAT Millénaire Bât, 101350 Avenue Albert Einstein, 34000, Montpellier, France

    L. Duffours & P. Colombel

  5. CNRS/IRD, UMR CNRS 6116 UMR IRD 193- IMEP- (PRAM-IRD), 214, Petit Morne, 97232, Le Lamentin, Martinique, France

    T. Woignier (Directeur de Recherche)

  6. Steel Electronique Zac, de Cantalauze Route de Mondavezan, 31220, Martres Tolosane, France

    L. Labat

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Durin, C. et al. (2013). CNES Experiments on MEDET: Lessons Learned. In: Kleiman, J., Tagawa, M., Kimoto, Y. (eds) Protection of Materials and Structures From the Space Environment. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol 32. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30229-9_20

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