Creation of Lethal Debris from Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Impacts on Leo Solar Array Materials

May, 2025
IDA document: 3002895
FFRDC: Systems and Analyses Center
Type: Documents , Space
Division: Operational Evaluation Division
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Hannah S. Yi, Daniel L. Pechkis, Robert F. Stellingwerf, Joel E. Williamsen See more authors
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This paper examines how lethal debris in low Earth orbit is generated when untracked orbital debris and meteoroids strike solar array materials. The study was originally presented at the 17th Hypervelocity Impact Symposium and has been published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). ASME holds the copyright for this paper.