FLIGHT EQUIPMENT USED:

Micrometeor monitoring system consisting of

• Stationary capacitor sensors;
• Removable capacitor sensor;
• Electronics unit
  to record impact effect of meteoroid and man-made bodies on capacitor sensors.

OBJECTIVE:

Refinement of the model of spatial-time distribution of meteoroid and man-made matter through permanent monitoring of space environment in the ISS operation orbit.

TASKS:

• Permanent monitoring of meteoroid conditions throughout the flight path
• Generation of statistical data on densities of meteor and man-made particles in a size range from 10 to 100 µm affecting various elements of the external surface of the Service Module (SM)
• Assessment of erodibility of SM external surface
• Obtaining of quantitative characteristics of affecting meteoroid and man-made bodies (size, density, velocity) during post-flight analysis.

EXPECTED RESULTS:

Increase of space flight safety.