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: Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] SPACE ENVIRONMENT : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Contact [email protected] Université de Liège Centre Spatial de Liège +32 43824607 +32 477372388 Space Instrumentation and Tests Laboratory +32 4 3669647 +32 4 367 5613 +32 4 3669505 [email protected] Deputy General Manager R&D [email protected] Professor Centre Spatial de Liège Liege Science Park Avenue du Pré-Aily B-4031 Angleur-Liège Belgium Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Dept.. Bât. B52/3 LTAS - IES chemin des Chevreuils 1 4000 Liège 1 Belgique Local : +2/414 : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Université de Liège Introductory course to the space environment Reference for this course: Chapter 2 of Spacecraft Systems Engineering (Third Edition) Peter Fortescue, John Stark and Graham Swinerd – 2003 : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] http://www.scostep.ucar.edu/ http://www.scostep.ucar.edu/comics/booklets.html CAWSES-II is an international program sponsored by SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics) established with an aim of significantly enhancing our understanding of the space environment and its impacts on life and society. The main functions of CAWSES are to help coordinate international activities in observations, modeling, and applications crucial to achieving this understanding, to involve scientists in both developed and developing countries, and to provide educational opportunities for students of all levels. As part of Capacity Building effort, a series of educational comic books have been produced under the supervision and guidance of Prof. Y. Kamide. : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Space Design = Aircraft Design Université de Liège Durable structure, can withstand a certain margin of safety, "destruction" of nature. 1kg in GTO costs 6.000 € to 25.000 € P ground radio station 50 kw for d< 100km Interplanetary satellite P P<2W d 1 billion km Data compression on board The European aircraft manufacturer invested more than € 10 billion (spread until 2012) to develop a competitor to the Super Jumbo Boeing, the 747. Specific to Space: • launch • the space environment, • lack of maintenance possible (extreme reliability) and • the very strong limitation of budgets: Mass, power, size, rate of data transfer. Total cost of the project is 690 million euros : Space Environment Pierre Rochus • • Université de Liège The « sentinel’s » will be several successors but smaller Envisat ENVISAT is a very big satellite. Its mass is 8200 kg including 2050 kg of instruments and 300 kg of propellant for an impressive space of 10 m x 4 m x 4 m (bigger than a bus!). The solar panels dimensions 14m x 5m and can have a power of 6.6 kW, the energy being stored in 8 nickel-cadmium batteries of 40 Ah each. [email protected] AIRBUS A380-800, …, Antonov An-225 Mriya : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Effects of the space environment on the design of spacecrafts and instruments : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] 4 Cluster satellites investigating the Earth's magnetic environment and its interaction with the solar wind in three dimensions. Launch is not easy •Ariane 501 failure on 4 June 1996 •Orbit : Elliptical polar orbit, 19 000 to 119 000 km, 57 hour period. •Advances our knowledge of space plasma physics, space weather and the Sun-Earth connection and has been key in improving the modeling of the magnetosphere and understanding its various physical processes. •Cluster satellites are the first to be able to make detailed, three-dimensional study of the changes and processes taking place in near-Earth space. In the beginning of the mission the satellites are only a few hundred kilometers apart, so they will be able to study small-scale features in the surrounding space. Later they may be separated as much as 20 000 km and thus get a broader view of the events happening in larger scale. The satellites' distance will vary between 19 000 and 119 000 km from Earth. As they move in and out of Earth's magnetic shield they will be able to investigate the magnetic boundary areas of near-Earth space, and outside of Earth's magnetic shield they will also be fully exposed to supersonic solar wind. They will be able to study the interaction between the Earth's magnetic field and the solar wind, especially in such areas as the polar cusps, where the solar wind particles get through. Another interesting phenomenon is the acceleration of plasma particles during magnetic substorms in the magnetotail. •The four Cluster satellites were able to study the physical processes involved in these and other phenomena by visiting these key regions. The four-point measurements will allow differential plasma quantities to be derived from the results for the first time. •The key regions the Cluster satellites explored are solar wind and bowshock, magnetopause, polar cusps, magnetotail and auroral zone . : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Université de Liège Regions visited in the in northern hemisphere spring (left) and northern hemisphere fall (right). : Space Environment Pierre Rochus The Pioneers [email protected] Launch is not easy Université de Liège Constantin Edouardovitch Tsiolkovski Russian (1857-1935) Hermann Oberth Romanian-German (1894-1989) Robert Hutchings Goddard American (1882-1945) : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Launch is not easy Université de Liège Von Braun GAGARIN KOROLEV : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Launch is not easy Université de Liège André Bing Patent: nested launchers (1911) Karel Jan Bossart (February 9, 1904 in Antwerp – August 3, 1975, San Diego, California) was a pioneering rocket designer and creator of the Atlas ICBM. His achievements rank alongside those of Wernher von Braun and Sergei Korolev but as most of his work was for the United States Air Force and therefore was classified he remains relatively little known. Karel Bossart HERGE : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Launch is not easy A Belgian general, grandfather of Astronautics Université de Liège Casimir Coquilhat Erasmus In 1873, Major General Casimir Coquilhat Erasmus (18111890) published his last article (16 pages) in Memoires de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liège. Trajectories of rockets into space, this article contains the mathematical formula for rocket propulsion, which determines the performance of its function in a vacuum. Long attributed to Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935), who (re) discovered twenty-five years later and made known in his writings on astronautics, this equation is actually the work of a Belgian military!? ? Casimir-Coquilhat Erasmus (1811-1890) was a great expert on guns in the young army of Belgium, making this his career from 1830 to 1874. This military personality was good at mathematics, and gifts as a writer on technical issues. Influenced by both the courses he had received at the University of Liege by the treaties of pyrotechnics and artillery manuals used to train officers, he completed April 11, 1871 the drafting of the document trajectories of rockets in a vacuum. Without realizing it, the Belgian general Coquilhat throws, with his fine mathematical demonstration, one of the foundations of what will be the twentieth century, space travel. This was known as the Tsiolkovsky equation should now be called the equation Coquilhat!? The first page of the article, remained confidential, of General Coquilhat : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Launch is not easy Université de Liège : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège Launch is not easy [email protected] Some simple and paradoxical considerations about the difficulty of realising launchers leaving the Earth, which justify : • the need to "develop ingenious plumbing techniques”, • much political will and • much money to make a vehicle which leaves Earth. Escape velocity of Earth : 11 km/s or Classical bombshell speed : Best airplane 40.000 km/h 5.400 km/h 3.000 km/h Difficult U G.M T 6.10 7.J RT G.M T 398.600 km 3 / s 2 The potential energy of a mass of one kilogram at the Earth's surface is: 6 107 J . This energy must be given to a mass of one kg for the release of the Earth (ignoring the tedious details such as friction in the air, which would further aggravate the conclusions). One might imagine that this energy is given to ground by the explosion of a chemical reagent product chosen properly, such as a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen (One of the best choices). The heat of combustion of the combination liquid hydrogen / liquid oxygen that is transformed into a kilogram of water is < 2.107. J which is considerably less than the energy needed to remove the water body from the Earth. Naively, by comparing these two figures, one could understand the arguments of a professor of physics and chemistry that in 1926, refuted the idea of Goddard want to go to the moon with chemical energy, the following words: "This foolish idea of shooting at the Moon is an example of the absurd lengths by which vicious specialisation will carry scientists ... For a projectile entirely to escape the gravitation of the Earth, it needs a velocity of 7 miles a second. The thermal energy of a gram at this speed is 15180 calories... The energy of our most violent explosive - nitro-glycerine - is less than 1500 calories per gram. Consequently, even had the explosive nothing to carry, it has only one tenth of the energy to escape the Earth ... hence the proposition appears to be basically unsound. Impossible However, one could argue, on the other hand, with the same simplistic reasoning that space travel should be made trivial : the energy resource is relatively cheap; for example, if one takes a kWh at 0.125 €, 1 kg launch into space should cost only 20 kWh, or 2.5 €! This is trivial! Trivial The answer to these paradoxes should not depend on the skill with which we can carry out the plumbing of the launcher but must be justified on simple physical arguments. The first paradox is actually based on an assumption that is false and this was known long before that Professor of Physics did his remarks to Goddard. Thus, Jules Verne, himself, knew the real solution to this paradox, with its launcher gun in his journey "from the Earth to the Moon" .. The second paradox, it is not false, but it is not feasible in the near future. The space flight in practice is between these two extremes: it is not impossible but it is difficult to achieve. : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Université de Liège 6.000 € 17.000€ However, one could argue, on the other hand, with the same simplistic reasoning that space travel should be made trivial energy resource is relatively cheap, for example, if one takes a kWh to 0.125 €, 1 kg launch into space should cost only 20 kWh, or 4 € which is trivial! ! ? ve e o s y h W i s n e p x 4.400 € 11.800 € 2.000 € 6.700 € 6.700 € : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Université de Liège "From the Earth to the Moon (1865 )": a huge cannon of 300 meters long which was to propel to their distant goal, travelers enclosed in a shell carefully padded. (Tsiolkovsky put them in a bath damping the acceleration). But the human body is a fragile structure (like the electronics), it can support up to 10 g for a time as short as of about 10 seconds and 5 g maximum for a more reasonable time . We must reach a speed of about 8 km / s for a low Earth orbit. If you want to limit the acceleration to 5 g, the barrel must have a length of 600 km!. A shorter barrel (like in Verne’s The idea of using a gun is of course a preconceived idea, associated with book) will kill its occupants and the explosive power; in fact, an explosive is just what should not be done: the speed should not be too high when in the atmosphere due to higher electronics systems. friction and then we must accelerate once outside the atmosphere. V=at; e=1/2at²; e=1/2v²/a One might still think about the gun (and in fact we think again and seriously to it): D. Clery, Supergun : U.S. sets sights on space, New Scientist, 19 September 1992) for defense systems to send or structural components of a future space station. : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor Das Problem der Befahrung des Weltraums, Der Raketen-Motor (1928) , Hermann Noordung alias Potocnik (Czech captain of the Austro-Hungarian army) , (18921929) The solution is to "reverse the process, instead of firing to the Moon that we want to reach, we return the gun and fire toward the Earth The reaction will raise the gear "as high as one wants." http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4026/preface.html : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Université de Liège With the chemical energy alone and with current rockets at current levels, we can only reach the Moon, Venus or Mars. The other planets we are not reachable. In the 1960s, studies are realised of alternative propulsion systems with high speed of ejection to minimize the fuel load on board. Findings in the years 1960-1970: the growth of the mass of the system with the power required makes the system unusable in practice. These studies were restarted since 1995 with success. In 1960, we conclude that we must use nuclear energy to go beyond Venus - Mars. In 1962, one discovers the gravity-assist (Although in the thesis of Enrico Fermi) .----> Missions at JPL Mariner 10: 1974 Earth Venus Mercury Pioneer 10: Earth-Jupiter - Interstellar Pioneer 11, Voyager 1 : Earth-Jupiter-Saturn-Interstellar Voyager 2: Earth-Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune-Interstellar Ulysse: Earth-Jupiter-Out of the Ecliptic Galileo (small C3): Earth-Venus-Earth-Earth-Jupiter Today, the impossible becomes reality - Electric catapult - Reusable launcher - Single-stage launcher Mission with the aid of electrical propulsion: Beppi Colombo to Mercury. Solar Electric Propulsion Tether + solar concentrator +MHD + Solar Sail + solar Laser? : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Unusual Operating Space Environment. Université de Liège Conditions of microgravity, vacuum, electromagnetic or particulate external flows combine their effects and produce significant and rapid thermal cycling, outgassing and contamination, electrostatic charges and electrical breakdowns, ageing effects and erosion of materials ... Environmental constraints to be taken into account in the design of optical systems are: • Thermal stresses (the effects of thermal cycling, reliability and ageing effects on electronical components, mechanical and thermo-elastic stresses, outgassing of materials) • Mechanical stresses (vibration, acceleration, shock) • Radiation constraints (UV, high-energy particles, …) • Vacuum conditions (outgassing, drying, micro-welding, effects of residual gases) • Microgravityeffects • Atomic oxygen and residual atmosphere (in LEO) • Micrometeorites and space debris • Contamination generated by the satellite. • Electrifyingt environnement high reliability for long lifetimes use of approved or well characterized materials. using well established processes with good reproducibility (qualifiability) Presentation of a reduced and arbitrary choice of the environmental parameters. A powerful synergy of actions between these parameters. Immediate vicinity of the earth from low orbit station to geostationary orbit. : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Université de Liège Specificity of Space Related Developments Eclipse LAUNCH ORBIT : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Space Environment & Constraints Université de Liège o VACUUM (OUTGASSING, MULTIPACTION......) o THERMAL CYCLING: ECLIPSE TO FULL SUN o RADIATION & PARTICLES ( ATOMIC O , e-, p+, UV, μ- METEORITES, DEBRIS) o UP TO 15 YEARS LIFE IN ORBIT (IUE 18 years) Eclipse ORBIT - SPECIAL MATERIALS & PROCESSES ( LOW CTE & OUTGASSING ) - CAREFUL THERMAL DESIGN - PROTECTIVE PAINT / SHIELDS / ESD PREVENTION/ RADIATION HARDENING - HIGH RELIABILITY & REDUNDANCY : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège • [email protected] Large Space Simulator The Large Space Simulator (LSS) provides close simulation of in-orbit environmental conditions thereby ensuring optimisation of the design and verification of spacecraft and payloads. Its exceptional test volume makes it an excellent tool for testing large payloads. The specific design features and excellent performance characteristics of the LSS mean that a number of tests can be carried out under high vacuum conditions, including: For thermal tests: • solar simulation • infrared radiation • vacuum temperature cycling • photogrammetry for deformation measurements : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] PRE-OPERATIONAL SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENTS Pre-launch environment Long : 5 à 10 years • • • • • Design AIV Qualification Transport Storage (often longer than foreseen) Choose the most advanced technologies (maybe not yet mature at the start of the design) Some assembly operations can lead to higher stresses than expected Sometimes more severe than the launch, low cycle fatigue Shocks, lifetime (rupture mechanics), contamination Contamination, coating, mechanisms in dry and clean atmosphere : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Dynamic Environment Université de Liège Mechanical sollicitations (vibrations transmitted through the structure) : - continuous or small variation accelerations - sine vibrations L.F. ( f< 100 Hz) - transient vibrations L.F. ( f< 100 Hz) - shocks H.F. ( 100 < f < 2.000 Hz) - random vibrations H.F. ( 100 < f < 2.000 Hz) Acoustic sollicitations (vibrations transmitted through the air) ( f < 10 KHz) - Acoustic excitation : sound pression field : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] The launch phase Université de Liège The most impressive stage ... Concorde (supersonic transport aircraft): The SATURN V rocket (which rushed to the Moon) is the most noisy rocket ever built: 210 dB Level of takeoff noise 119.5 Decibels Noise Level in Decibels approach 116.7 Noise level Decibel lateral 112.2 The Airbus A380: Approach: 98dB, lateral: 94.9 dB; Overview: 94.8 dB The reference intensity expressed in watts per square meter (10-12W.m = W0-2) or the ratio of the pressure generated on the reference pressure, expressed in pascals (Pa P0 = 2.10-5). It was chosen because it can be easily manipulated figures that do not become extremely large or small (see article logarithmic scale), and because this approach better reflects what the human ear in terms of loudness. : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Random vibration Function over time Fourier transform of the autocorrelation Function of time variations minus average periodic phenomena Power Spectral Density : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège Static acceleration A speed of ~ 9.5 km / s must be reached History depends on the launcher and that is inhabited or not. Acceleration is stronger on small payload launchers: SCOUT, Pegasus rocket or spacecraft (launched from an airplane). For a 50 kg PL to the extinction of the last stage, at 3s 13g 600 kg 4.5 g Shuttle 3g Warning for CubeSat's : less favorable [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Need Need to to make make qualification qualification tests tests simulating simulating the the launch launch Université de Liège Allows vibration (200-kN shaker) on 3 axis under cryogenic and vacuum conditions (down to 15K). Shaker 4522 LX: Slip table: 1500 x 1500 mm² Head expander: 1500-mm diameter Maximum sine force 200 kN Maximum random force: 160 kN Bandwidth: 5-2000 Hz Shaker 2016U: Slip table: 900 x 900 mm² Head expander: 900-mm diameter Maximum sine force: 88 kN Maximum random force: 72 kN Bandwidth: 5-3000 Hz : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] HYDRA multi-axis vibration test facility • • • • • • HYDRA to complement the electrodynamic vibration test facilities. Compared to those facilities, it can: test much larger test specimens test much heavier test specimens test in any direction without changing the configuration test with larger displacements Envisat FM on HYDRA test at lower frequencies : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège • • • [email protected] Physical properties machines The Test Centre has a series of machines to accurately determine the physical properties of spacecraft systems or subsystems. These machines include: Weighing scales: The Test Centre can weigh items from a few grams up to five tonnes with a very high accuracy thanks to a set of state-of-the-art scales and calibrated weight standards. Centre of gravity and moment of inertia: The combined machine SHENCK W50/M6 equipped with L-shaped adaptors allows engineers to determine the centre of gravity and the moment of inertia of spacecraft up to five tonnes and three metres in diameter. Dynamic balancing: Depending on the mission, engineers may require that the spacecraft be perfectly balanced when spinning. The Test Centre is able to measure products of inertia, to balance or to spin spacecraft up to five tonnes, either in air or in vacuum, using SHENCK E5 and E6 machines. MetOp PLM on the Moment of inertia (MOI) Lshaped adapter : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Large European Acoustic Facility (LEAF) Université de Liège • • • • • • Acoustic noise tests form an integral part of the verification process of space hardware. The qualification and acceptance of spacecraft and their payloads by acoustic noise tests assure that no damage will occur to these structures during the launch phase. When considering the layout of an acoustic test facility, the main objective is to simulate realistic spectral noise pressure levels, comparable to those generated by the launcher engines and by the airflow passing along the fairing during the atmospheric flight. The Large European Acoustic Facility (LEAF) provides the required environmental performance and offers a great variety of noise levels and spectral shapes as well as test sequences and durations in order to meet different user requirements. The noise generation system consists of four different horns with low cut-off frequencies of respectively 25, 35, 80, and 160 Hz complemented by three high-frequency noise generators. A maximum overall noise level of 156 decibels can be achieved; provisions have been implemented to extend the level up to 158.5 decibels. Furthermore, the acoustic chamber rests on springs to prevent propagation of vibration to the structure of the building. With a mass of 2000 tonnes, the chamber is very well suited for modal survey of large structures. The instrumentation of the acoustic facility includes a microphone mounting system which allows an easy distribution of up to 32 microphones in appropriate locations around the test article. The large number of suspension points distributed throughout the chamber and standard moving trolleys offer considerable flexibility for spacecraft suspension. The noise inside the acoustic chamber is automatically controlled and adjusted in real time by an acoustic control console using the average 1/3 octave spectrum of up to 32 microphones. This automatic control permits rapid adjustments to the spectrum, achieving the desired result in less than 30 seconds with a very tight tolerance (< ±0.5dB in the high-power bands). The LEAF is totally remote-controlled. Since the acoustic noise in the LEAF is generated by pressurised gaseous nitrogen, the risk of test article contamination is excluded. . : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Accelerations tolerable for men Université de Liège Acceleration limits tolerated by man in the 5 directions (left-right symmetry) : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège • • • • [email protected] Static pressure environment The atmospheric pressure decreases during the launch. The rate of depressurization under the shroud depends on the size of ventilation holes in relation to volume. For Ariane, the static pressure decreases at a rate of 10 mbar / sec. For the shuttle that contains pressurized and unpressurized elements, there is a pressure and leak control. Special attention to the components of optical instruments (filtered and calibrated ventilation holes) and (micro-perforated) thermal blankets : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège • [email protected] EMC / EMI Compatibility The very strongly volume limited budget can lead to problems EMC / EMI Tests on harnesses and connectors flight later in the planning of FM Great care is required during payload integration to ensure that electromagnetic interference does not present a hazard. Rarely compliant negotiation spec. necessary E (V/m) Hazards may be in a variety of forms but the most severe are cases in which EMI may result in the activation of part of the payload which could lead to death of attendant personnel, perhaps via the ignition of an onboard propulsion system. Figure 2.6 shows the EMI environment anticipated for the Pegasus launch vehicle whilst undergoing integration at the Western Test Range. f (Hz) : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Relative effects of environment on the material according to the orbit : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Microgravity Université de Liège Why training of astronauts in a pool? An immersed astronaut is not in weightlessness! He is supported by the liquid medium which gives him a mobility more or less comparable to that observed in space. Problem of on ground testing of flexible optical structures (example Suspension device for the XMM telescope) The apparent absence of gravity (centrifugal effect canceling gravity) prevents any natural convection. Only forced convection in a pressurized enclosure (space cabin for example) can appear in space. Lack of sedimentation, presence of dust in the field of view, difficult localization of fluids in reservoirs, non controlable liquid / gaz interface, design of deployable structures where the mechanical inertia becomes dimensioning and difficulty of on ground testing . Future solution: SMART STRUCTURES which can adapt to gravity for on ground testing : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Université de Liège 58 XMM mirrors : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Optical testing of flexible mirrors of XMM / NEWTON Université de Liège EUV Detector Filter wheel removable diffuser 7500 Camera Vertical vacuum chamber X telescope Optical bench Facility Pumping System Valve Photomultipliers Seismic bench Cassegrain collimator Water inlet Laser source Source Pumping System [email protected] He bottle EUV source : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] FOCAL X Diameter : 4.5 m Height : 12.2 m Volume : 191 m³ vertical collimator Ø80cm with EUV source vertical x-ray and EUV detectors : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Jeux lunaires G lune =G terre/6 Université de Liège Record du saut à la perche : 37m Record du saut en longueur : 55 m : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège Vacuum [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Vacuum Université de Liège Convective Exchanges negligeable when the pressure is less than 10-4 torr. In space, the pressure is less than 10-6 torr when the altitude is above 200 km and virtually all satellites have a higher perigee. In orbit, the vacuum is such that all the convective exchange with the environment are eliminated. For an electronic device located inside a unpressurized satellite, the only means of heat dissipation are radiation and conduction. (The fundamental difference with the behavior on the ground) Outgassing / Sublimation / Contamination: materials can outgas and later recondense on the cooler parts, modifying their thermo-optical properties of absorption and emission. Se, Cd, Zn are excluded for sublimation, the presence of polymers is to minimize .... (Test μVCM to select materials) Drying: Most organic matrices for glass or carbon fibre composites realization are hygroscopiques. In h (km) empty space, under vacuum, water is outgassing This leads to dimensions reductions (A few tens of µm 50 per meter length). This dimensional change must be 100 taken into account in the design of sensitive 200 structures THE RISK OF COLD WELDING Specificity of vacuum lubrication P (mBar) 1 <10-3 <10-6 500 <10-8 700 <10-10 36.000 10-17 : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] The thermal environment Université de Liège Effects of thermal cycling Reliability and lifetime of electronic components Thermoelastic stresses and strains : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Launch Environment & Constraints Thermal Cycling TYPICAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGES: o ANTENNAS & EXTERNAL EQUIPMENTS: -160oC TO +120oC o INTERNAL BOXES (CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT): -10oC TO +60oC THERMAL FATIGUE, DISJOINTING, DELAMINATION, CRACKS & DISTORTIONS ARE EFFECTS OF THERMAL CYCLING THERMAL COATINGS (PAINT…) AND SHIELDS ARE USED TO LIMIT TEMPERATURES & GRADIENTS THERMAL CYCLING AND SOLAR SIMULATION IN VACUUM ALLOW TO VERIFY SURVIVAL AND TO EVALUATE DISTORTIONS : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Simulation on ground of thermal environment Examination of optical properties. 1983-1986 : Hipparcos Thermal balance and thermal vacuum tests Optical Calibration 1988-1995 : ISO (Infrared Space Observatory) Performance measurements at vacuum & 5K. : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Cryogenics • Produce, maintain, use low temp • Thermodynamic temperature scale : T (Kelvin) = T (° C) + 273.15 (Definition of absolute zero) • Domain cryogenic : T <120 K • Cryogenic Fluids (cryogens) temperatures of: • - Nitrogen (field around 80 K [-193 ° C]) • - Hydrogen (about 20 K [-253 ° C]) • - Helium (about 4 K [- 269 ° C]) • • LHe, LH2, LNe, LN2, LAr… : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Gamme des Cryofluides Université de Liège : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Table de propriétés des cryo-fluides Université de Liège : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Table de propriétés des cryo-fluides Universitéde deLiège Liège Université : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Le marché des cryo-fluides Université de Liège L’hélium : (5,3.10-6 dans l’air) •Très utilisé dans les domaines des mesures physiques à basse température, des supraconducteurs. •Coût de plus en plus élevé (de 3.4€ à 10 €/litre selon quantité) •Provient des puits de gaz de naturel (USA, Algérie, Qatar,Pologne, Australie…) L'hydrogène : (5.10-7 dans l’air) • très largement employé dans les années 60, moins utilisé actuellement. Le danger potentiel dans son utilisation. Les risques d'inflammabilité de l'hydrogène dans l'air existent entre 4 et 75%. Ce mélange est détonant entre 19 et 57 %. Et l'énergie nécessaire pour provoquer l'ignition est seulement de 0,02 mJ (10 fois inférieure à celle des autres hydrocarbures). • l'hydrogène existe sous 3 variétés isotopiques ; hydrogène (H2), deutérium (HD et D2 :1 neutron en plus par noyau), tritium (2 neutrons par noyau). Le néon : (1,8 .10-5 dans l’air) L'azote : (0,78 dans l’air) • bon marché ( environ 0,1 €/litre) • distribué industriellement par camion citerne calorifugé en tout point de stockage. • bonne chaleur latente de vaporisation (210 kJ.kg-1) , utilisation facile et peu contraignante (son transfert peut s'effectuer avec un minimum de calorifugeage, boite en polystyrène…) . • éviter de porter des vêtements en laine qui, une fois imbibés d'azote liquide, entretiennent un flux de gaz très froid pouvant provoquer des brûlures. Leur préférer des vêtements en Nylon. Le risque de brûlure directe par projection de liquide sur la peau est peu probable (phénomène de caléfaction). • risque le plus dangereux = anoxie (diminution progressive de la teneur en 02 de l'air lors d'évaporation d'azote liquide. (teneur O2 < 17 % =début de risque majeur). L’oxygène : (0,21 dans l’air) • peu utilisé en cryogénie • risques liés à sa forte réactivité L’argon : (9,6.10-3 dans l’air) Utilisé dans les calorimètres de détecteur Coût assez élevé (≈ 8 €/litre) Le krypton : (1,1.10-8 dans l’air) Utilisé dans les calorimètres de détecteur : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Autres sources pour basses températures : les “réfrigérateurs” Pour petites puissances jusqu’à 3 K, les cryogénérateurs Université de Liège (machines à flux alterné) • Gifford-Mac Mahon (200 W @ 80K /1KW élec - 2W@20 K/1KW “à la prise”) • Stirling (10 W @ 80 K/1KW élec- 1W @ 20 K /1KW élec) • à tube à gaz pulsé (pulsed tube) (actuellement 1,5 W @ 4 K ) – souvent bi-étagées (écran thermique au 1er étage) – 1 à 2 Hz – qq W à 15 K, 100 W à 80 K Pour de grosses puissances, les machines à flux continu • réfrigérateur ou liquéfacteur (LHe, LN2…) (turbodétendeurs+échangeurs+compresseur) De quelques dizaines de watts jusqu’à 18 kW W à 4 K : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] CRYOGENERATEUR : Exemple d’utilisation de Machine GIFFORD-Mac MAHON : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Exemples de « petits » réfrigérateurs ou liquéfacteurs hélium (L’Air Liquide) Compresseur (15 bars 290 KW -69 g/s) Boîte froide Hélial 2000 (500 W ou 150 l.h-1LHe) Boîte froide Hélial 2000 : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Exemples de « gros » réfrigérateurs ou liquéfacteurs hélium Carnot limit 18 kW @ 4.5 K 33 kW @ 50 K to 75 K - 23 kW @ 4.6 K to 20 K - 41 g/s liquefaction P input : 4.2 MW : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] CRYOGENIE, VIDE, SUPRACONDUCTIVITE Quelques références bibliographiques Thèmes Titres Auteurs Cryogénie Notes de Cryogénie J.VERDIER Éléments de Cryogénie R. CONTE Cryogénie, ses applications en supraconductivité Helium Cryogenics S. VAN SCIVER Cryogenic Process Engineering K. TIMMERHAUS Cryogenic Systems R. BARRON Experimental Techniques in Low Temperature G. WHITE Physics Cryogenics (revue mensuelle) Heinemann Handbook of cryogenic engineering J.G. WEISEND II Cryogenic Engineering T. FLYNN Thermique Initiation aux Transferts Thermiques J. SACADURA Éléments d'Échanges Thermiques WEILL Heat Transfer M. BECKER Heat Transfer at Low Temperatures W. FROST Supraconductivité Introduction to Superconductivity A. ROSE-INNES Superconducting Magnets M. WILSON Superconductivity in Particle Accelerators CERN La Supraconductivité A. TIXADOR Matériaux et Gaz Materials at Low Temperature R. REED Data Series on Material Properties J. TOULOUKIAN Encyclopédie des Gaz L'AIR LIQUIDE Vide Bases de la Technique du Vide, Calculs, Tables LEYBOLD-HERAEUS Le Vide P. DUVAL Notions de base en Technique du Vide G. ROMMEL Les Calculs de la technique du vide G. MONGODIN Editeurs Langue CEA/SBT-LCT/1-86 Masson Institut International du Froid Techniques de l'Ingénieur Plenum Publishing Corporation Plenum Publishing Corporation Oxford University Press Oxford University Press F F F A A A A Elsevier Taylor and Francis Marcel Dekker MDI A A A Technique & Documentation Masson Plenum Press Plenum Press F F A A Pergamon Press Clarendon Press Oxford ACCELERATOR SCHOOL CAS- 89/04 Hermès A A A F American Society for Metals Mac Graw Hill Elsevier A A F Leybold-Heraeus Masson Société Française du Vide Société Française du Vide F F F F : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Thermoelastic and mechanical stresses • Mechanical vibrations induced by thermoelastic deformations at each entry and exit eclipse. • Difficult to simulate on ground : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] LEO effects Université de Liège •Friction in the residual atmosphere (SKYLAB) •Atomic Oxygen (100-650 km) (UV dissociation, V) •Erosion: Kapton, Mylar •Luminescence (Glow): Chemglaze and Z 302 log B ( Rayleighs ) 7 0.0129 * H ( km) A material less sensitive to glow, seems more susceptible to erosion JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 100, NO. A5, PP. 7821-7828, 1995 : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] The man-made debris and micrometeorites Université de Liège Orbital velocity greater than 26,000 km / h The orbit drift continually slowly and wears one day falling to Earth - A few days at 300 km - 25-30 years 600 km - 100 to 200 years to 800 km - More than 2000 years at 1000 km : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Re-entry and Risk Assessment for the NASA Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) • Launched: 12 September 1991 inside STS-48 • Deployed: 15 September 1991 • International Designator: 1991-063B • U.S. Satellite Number: 21701 • Dry mass: 5668 kg • Initial Operational Orbit: 575 km by 580 km, 57 deg inclination • Decommissioned: 15 December 2005 after maneuvering into a shorter-lived disposal orbit – Residual orbital lifetime reduced by ~ 20 years : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] UV (solar origin mostly) Université de Liège Destructive effects even if small part of the solar energy. Surface degradation (particularly polymers) by breaking bonds in large molecules The materials are weakened (loss of plasticity) and thus become more susceptiblle to other aggressive agents such as atomic oxygen. Some lose their volatility -> irreversible CONTAMINATION. •Solarisation: color turns brown; increase in the solar absorptivity. (Example = UV sensitive solar panel: the protective glass and its adhesive darkening which reduces the useful illumination of the cell and by absorption increases the equilibrium temperature of the cell and eventually destroys the cell). The effect is particularly noticeable on deposits of contaminants that become brown and opaque. They also become hard and impossible to evaporate by heating. •The troublesome area for optical components is also 115 nm to 300 nm (energy range 10.8 to ente 4.1 eV), right in the absorption bands of optical materials. This type of radiation created a free e- / hole pair that is trapped: latent defects in the network thereby creating a color center which absorbs the blue end of the visible and makes the glass brownish effect of "solarization". Remedy: cerium-doped glasses •Besides the coating and glass, there are glues (optical cements) which can also be degraded by UV irradiation; •The fluorescence observed around shuttle structure is due to the excitation of molecules of residual gases by UV radiation. This is really embarrassing when this happens with black coatings designed to reduce stray light. : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] X, , energetic particles (e-, p+, heavy ions, induced radioactivity and secondary particles) Université de Liège • X ET GAMMA •of solar (flares) and galactic origin -> Localized and transient defects on electronic components. •Light metal shroud is sufficient to protect them. •These rays are more dangerous to humans and precautions are taken in the programming of extra vehicular exits. • Energetic particules (LEO: 1 - 2 krad (Si)/year with 4 mm equivalent Al shroud; GEO: 15 - 20 krad (Si)/year with 4 mm equivalent Al shroud ; highest values correspond important solar eruption). Ionization, displacement damage and rearrangement of electrons in optical materials (optics and cements). All these mechanisms lead to local structural defects and depending on the dose received: transmission degradation (solarisation) refractive index change dielectric deterioration internal residual stresses Radio-luminescence and scintillation • HEAVY IONS •These ions Iron, Carbon, Oxygen ... from solar flares and for a small part from cosmic radiation, because of their mass and velocity, kinetic energy is large (> 1 GeV). Although the flow is very low, accidents due to these particles can be catastrophic. These particles, very penetrating, ionize all materials; damages in semiconductors can range from a temporary lapse to their total destruction. The highly integrated circuits are particularly sensitive to heavy ions. The thickness of metal needed for effective shielding are several centimeters. These particles represent a serious hazard to astronauts, even inside vehicles. : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Université de Liège •INDUCED RADIOACTIVITY This induced radioactivity is the result of the fission of atoms of the materials of the satellite by the impact of high energy particles (protons and heavy ions). The radioactivity of the materials is low and poses no real danger to men. (54Mn and 57Co from stainless steel; 22Na from aluminium; on the very low orbits of the space station and shuttles, 7Be radioactive atoms are collected on the outside. This is one of minor constituents of the atmosphere). : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Radiation shielding verification by the method of sector analysis : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] CHARGING ENVIRONNEMENT Université de Liège Ve mp me .V p 43.V p : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Choix des orbites : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Paramètres principaux dans le choix de l’orbite pour des missions d’astronomie Paramètres Université de Liège Objectifs / performances Scientifiaues Champ de vue (surface occultée par la Terre sur la sphère céleste) Temps d’observation ininterrompu sur une source choisie M ode observatoire d’opération Radiation (bruit de fond) Préférences générales Commentaires . HEO/GEO HEO/GEO GEO, HEO ou LEO plus DRS LEO Contamination HEO/GEO Evaporation de cryogène pour missions IR refroidies HEO/GEO Très faible en LEO à cause du grand angle de vue occulté par la Terre Généralement très faible en LEO à cause de la période plus courte Voir plus bas Data retrieval HEO acceptable au-dessus de 40.000 km (GEO marginal) Généralement pas de problème pour LEO au-dessus de quelques centaines de km Seulement applicable à des missions comme IRA S et ISO avec stockage de cryogène Lancement et opérations Disponibilité et capacité des lanceurs Utilisation du lanceur en partage LEO HEO/GEO M asse d’injection générallement plus grande que pour des injections plus hautes HEO/GEO HEO à faible inclinaison via GTO (e.g. avec des satellites de communication Collecte des données Couverture des stations sol Complexité du traitement des données à bord et des communications Conception du satellite GEO or HEO HEO Durée et fréquences des éclipses GEO or HEO Contrôle thermique GEO or HEO M aintenance d’orbite 1 LEO Dégradation des panneaux solaires LEO or GEO Perturbation de l’SCAO LEO or GEO Si pas de satellite de relais des données ou si pas besoin de données en temps réel LEO acceptable si DRS disponible ou si lien en temps réel n’est pas impératif Dépend des paramètres de l’orbite spécifique et de la demande de puissance généralement moins bien en LEO Contrôle thermique généralement plus simple en HEO qu’en LEO Dépend des paramètres spécifiques d’orbite et de la demande en puissance Généralement moins bon en HEO Eviter les passages au-travers des ceintures de radiations Dépend du minimum d’altitude de l’orbite , : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Université de Liège Space Environment & Constraints: Orbits Orbit LEO (low earth orbit) Altitude Temperature Vacuum Plasma 200 tot 800 km GEO (geostationary orbit) 36000 km Planetary missions and Deep Space n.a. -100°C to +100 °C 16 cycles/day 10-4 to 10-9 mbar -150 °C to +120 °C 1 cycle /day 10-9 to 10-10 mbar -180 °C to +260 °C to 10-14 mbar Dense cold plasma Hot Plasma Thin plasma Aurora Radiation Van Allen belts (partial) Cosmic Rays hX-ray (V)UV, Vis, Cosmic Rays, Sun activity IR] Solar particle events Solar particle events Particles (98 % e-, 2% p+, Van Allen Belts) Solar particle events Impacts Micrometeorites / Micrometeorites/ Debris Comets Debris Meteoroids Atmosphere Atomic Oxygen n.a. Planets (reactive gasses) : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Space Environment & Constraints* Vacuum Université de Liège NUMEROUS PROBLEMS MAINLY DIMENSIONAL STABILITY AND LUBRICATION CHANGE IN OPERATIONAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS VACUUM MODIFICATION THERMOOPTICAL PROPERTIES ( SEE “TEMPERATURE”) OUTGASSING CONDENSATION GAS CLOUD MODIFICATION RADIATION EFFECTS THERMAL PROBLEMS ( SEE “RADIATION”) PERTURBATION OF MEASUREMENTS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY ON SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES CORONA MODIFICATION ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ARC ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS * Barrie Dunn, Metallurgical Assessment of Spacecraft Parts Materials & Processes, Praxis Publishing, 1997 : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Effects of Space Environment on Materials* NUMEROUS PROBLEMS PARTICULARLY ON SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES Université de Liège (SEE “VACUUM”) INCREASED OUTGASSING RADIATION (VV, PROTONS, ELECTRONS) MODIFICATION AT MOLECULAR LEVEL MODIFICATION THERMO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES THERMAL PROBLEMS PERTURBATION OF MEASUREMENTS MODIFICATION OF THE ELECTRICAL CHARGE STATE/ SURFACE CHARGING INCREASED SENSITIVITY MODIFICATION MECHANICAL PROPERTIES BREAKDOWN ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ( SEE “ATOX” ) FRACTURES (THIN STRUCTURES UNDER STRESS) OTHER EFECTS ON: COMPONENTS, MAN, INSTRUMENTS.... ( SEE “TEMPERATURE” ) * Barrie Dunn, Metallurgical Assessment of Spacecraft Parts Materials & Processes, Praxis Publishing, 1997 : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Effects of Space Environment Atomic Oxygen* Université de Liège CONTAMINATION CLOUD OXIDE LAYER PROTECTION GENERATION OF PARTICLES BREAKAGE MASS LOSS ATOMIC OXYGEN (ATOX) OXIDATION DEGRADATION MECHANICAL PROPERTIES EROSION TEXTURE CHANGE CHANGE IN THERMO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES ( SEE “TEMPERATURE” ) ELIMINATION OF CONTAMINANTS PROPERTY RECOVERY * Barrie Dunn, Metallurgical Assessment of Spacecraft Parts Materials & Processes, Praxis Publishing, 1997 RUPTURE/ DEFORMATION : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Effects of Space Environment on Materials Micrometeoroids & Debris* Université de Liège EXPOSURE OF UNDERLAYER ( SEE “ATOX”) THROUGH HOLE LOSS OF MATERIAL INTEGRITY/ CRACK INITIATION CONDUCTIVE PATH HIGH VELOCITY PARTICLE IMPACT CRATERING DEBRIS CHANGE IN THERMO OPTICAL PROPERTIES CONTAMINATION CLOUD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS PARTICULARLY EMBRITTLEMENT/LEAK ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ( SEE “TEMPERATURE”) OTHER EFECTS: PUNCTURE/DAMAGE TO VEHICLES, FUEL TANKS SHIELDS, SOLAR ARRAYS * Barrie Dunn, Metallurgical Assessment of Spacecraft Parts Materials & Processes, Praxis Publishing, 1997 : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège (SEE “VACUUM” ) [email protected] Launch Environment & Constraints Temperature* INCREASED OUTGASSING MOLECULAR DEGRADATION DEGRADATION OF OPERATIONAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS HIGH TEMPERATURE CYCLING DEBONDING THERMAL MECHANICAL FATIGUE FRACTURES/CRACKS LOSS OF PROTECTIVE COATING LOW INCREASED CONDENSATION MODIFICATION ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES MODIFICATION MECHANICAL PROPERTIES MODIFICATION CHARGE STATE (SEE “ATOX”) (SEE “RADIATIONS”) EMBRITTLEMENT ( SEE “VACUUM”) * Barrie Dunn, Metallurgical Assessment of Spacecraft Parts Materials & Processes, Praxis Publishing, 199 : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Effects of Space Environment : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Requirements / Qualification Tests Université de Liège TYPICAL EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE: o GENERAL REQUIREMENTS (ECSS* : SPACE STANDARDS, MANAGEMENT, PRODUCT, ENGINEERING, …) o FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS (MODES, TELECOMMAND, TELEMETRY, RELIABILITY, REDUNDANCY…) o PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS o SPACECRAFT INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS (ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL..) o POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS (VOLTAGE, CONSUMPTION, RIPPLE…) o MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS (DIMENSIONS, MASS, SINUS & RANDOM VIBRATIONS, SHOCK...) o THERMAL REQUIREMENTS (THERMAL INTERFACE, TEMPERATURE RANGE) *European Cooperation for Space Standardization : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Requirements / Qualification Tests TYPICAL EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE: o ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (GROUNDING, ISOLATION, SHIELDING, BONDING, CONDUCTED EMISSION, CONDUCTED SUSCEPTIBILITY, EMC, RADIATED INTERFERENCES, RADIATED SUSCEPTIBILITY, ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE) o PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS (DEPRESSURIZATION) o SPACE ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS ( RADIATION TOLERANCE ...) o PRODUCT & QUALITY ASSURANCE (RELIABILITY, MATERIALS, ACTIVITIES & CONTROLS..) o SAFETY REQUIREMENTS (EQUIPMENTS FOR MANNED SPACE VEHICLES) : Space Environment Pierre Rochus [email protected] Université de Liège Requirements / Test Sequence TYPICAL TEST SEQUENCE INCLUDES: o PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS ( DIMENSIONS, MECHANICAL I/F, MASS, C of G..) o FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS (ALL MODES, PARAMETERS….) o ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (IF APPLICABLE) o FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS (REPEAT) o STRUCTURAL MEASUREMENTS (SINUS & RANDOM VIBRATIONS) o FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE CHECK (REPEAT) o THERMAL VACUUM TEST (TEMPERATURE CYCLING INCL. FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE ) o FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS (REPEAT) o VISUAL INSPECTION : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège [email protected] Specificity of Space Related Developments Some conclusions LAUNCH & SPACE ENVIRONMENT + UP TO 15 YEARS LIFE TIME WITH NO MAINTENANCE IMPOSES: o SEVERE MASS, THERMO-MECHANICAL & RELIABILITY REQUIREMENTS o STRICT CONFIGURATION CONTROL, MATERIAL & PROCESS SELECTION o STRICT ADHERENCE TO ECSS STANDARDS FOR MANAGEMENT, SPACE PRODUCT AND SPACE ENGINEERING o QUALIFIED MANPOWER FOR SPACE EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION o LARGE INVESTMENTS IN FACILITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION & VERIFICATION SOME SME’S HAVE SUCCEEDED IN THE SPACE EQUIPMENT MARKET FOR PART OF THEIR BUSINESS. MORE WILL SUCCEED IN THE FUTURE, ALONE OR IN COOPERATION WITH LARGER GROUPS : Space Environment Pierre Rochus Université de Liège • [email protected] Le Soleil All the heat input to the solar system (excluding planetary radioactive decay processes), and its mass is 99.9% of the total the sun dominates the space environment of the whole solar system. • Ordinary star: Mass -2 x 1030 kg, modest by stellar standards, and is one of ~1011 stars that form our galaxy. • G2V star, with a yellowish appearance because its radiated light peaks at ~ 460nm, and it is termed as a yellow-dwarfstar. • Radius is 7 x 1O8 m. • After the Sun, the nearest star is 3.5 light years away (1 light year = 9.46 x 1012km) and between the stars the gas density is low, with hydrogen as the dominant species. • The density amounts to onIy 3 atom/cm³, in comparison to the nominal number density of our own atmosphere at sea level of 3 x 1019 molecules/cm³ • Fundamentally, a giant thermonuclear fusion reactor whose surface temperature is ~ 5.800K. The photosphere is optically thick, and its spectrum approximates to that of a black body.