Analysis of the level of protection of modern spacecraft from high-speed impact of space debris particles

Authors: Schetchikov O.D., Petrenko A.D.
Published in issue: #9(38)/2019
DOI: 10.18698/2541-8009-2019-9-519
Category: Aviation and Rocket-Space Engineering | Chapter: Innovation Technologies of Aerospace Engineering
Keywords: space debris, spacecraft, anti-meteoroid protection, mathematical modeling, high-speed impact, orbital module, science power module, International Space Station
Published: 10.09.2019

This article is devoted to the study of high-speed impact of space debris particles with elements of anti-meteoroid protection of modern and promising spacecraft. A procedure has been developed for calculating the processes of impact interaction of aluminum and steel space particles with elements of anti-meteoroid protection of spacecraft. Criteria are proposed for assessing the danger of exposure to aluminum and steel meteoroid particles on the internal units of the science power module (SPM) of the International Space Station (ISS). It was shown that steel particles have high destructive effect, while aluminum particles do not have such a devastating effect on the internal units of SPM.

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