General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

GRAPHITE-EPOXY PLATE WITH ALUMINUM BARS AT EACH END ATTACHED BY ADHESIVE/ PAPER LABELS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

15.1 cm

Width

5.3 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Space science

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

University

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Downsview

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

LDEF WAS LAUNCHED IN APRIL 1984 & RETRIEVED JANUARY 1990

Canada

UTIAS (UNIV. OF TORONTOINSTITUTE FOR AEROSPACE STUDIES) PROVIDED SOLE CANADIAN EXPERIMENT ON LDEF. IT CONSISTED OF VARIETY OF EPOXY MATRIX COMPOSITES WITH GRAPHITE, BORON, & KEVLAR FIBRE REINFORCEMENTS. LDEF HAD NO ON-BOARD POWER BUT UTIAS DESIGNED DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM TO MONITOR 16 CHANNELS OF STRAIN & TEMPERATURE.

Function

.1 SAMPLE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL FLOWN IN SPACE AS PART OF EXPERIMENT TO STUDY SPACE ENVIRONMENT & ITS EFFECTS ON VARIOUS MATERIALS/.2 CONTROL SAMPLE FOR COMPARISON (WAS NOT SENT INTO SPACE).

Technical

LDEF WAS NASA SATELLITE DEPLOYED FROM SPACE SHUTTLE IN 1984. ITS 57 EXPERIMENTS INVOLVED MORE THAN 200 INVESTIGATORS FROM 10 COUNTRIES. EXPERIMENTS COVERED: 1. MATERIALS, COATINGS & THERMAL SYSTEMS; 2. POWER & PROPULSION; 3. SCIENCE; 4. ELECTRONICS & OPTICS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 HANDWRITTEN PAPER LABELS READ "SP288 IT3000/ 3 m GRAPHITE/ +-430 4 PLY/ F12 T1" ON WHITE LABEL & "TRY #1/ SAMPLE F12" ON WHITE LABEL/.2 HANDWRITTEN LABEL READS "F2 CONTROL"/.1 ORIGINALLY CW CARDBOARD SUPPORT WITH HANDWRITING READING "GRAPHITE/EPOXY/ FLIGHT SAMPLE/ (compare with control)/.2 ORIGINALLY CW CARDBOARD SUPPORT WITH HANDWRITING READING "GRAPHITE/EPOXY/ CONTROL (not sent/ into space) - compare/ surface with flight sample" (CARDBOARD PIECES ARE NO LONGER WITH ARTIFACTS)

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 BROWN WITH METALLIC END PIECES; PINK OR WHITE PAPER/.2 BLACK WITH METALLIC END PIECES; WHITE PAPER

Decoration

N/A