Long Duration Exposure Facility

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Long Duration Exposure Facility was a NASA satellite designed to expose scientific experiments to the space environment for extended periods to study the long-term effects of space on materials and systems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA satellite ⓘ
free-flying space laboratory ⓘ
research spacecraft ⓘ
attitudeControl gravity-gradient stabilized ⓘ
countryOfOperator United States ⓘ
diameter about 4.3 meters ⓘ
experimentDomains astronomy ⓘ
biology ⓘ
electronics ⓘ
materials science ⓘ
micrometeoroid and debris ⓘ
optics ⓘ
heritage contributed to International Space Station materials selection ⓘ
informed design of Hubble Space Telescope external materials ⓘ
inclination 28.5 degrees ⓘ
launchCountry United States ⓘ
launchDate 1984-04-06 ⓘ
launchMission STS-41-C ⓘ
linked to: STS-41C
launchSite Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
length about 9.1 meters ⓘ
mass about 9700 kilograms ⓘ
missionDuration about 5.7 years ⓘ
missionType materials science research ⓘ
space environment exposure ⓘ
notableContribution influenced design of spacecraft materials for long-duration missions ⓘ
provided extensive data on micrometeoroid and orbital debris impacts ⓘ
provided long-term data on atomic oxygen erosion of materials ⓘ
numberOfExperiments 57 ⓘ
numberOfPrincipalInvestigations over 200 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
NASA Langley Research Center ⓘ
orbitRegime LEO ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
plannedMissionDuration about 1 year ⓘ
powerSystem passive (no active power generation) ⓘ
purpose to expose scientific experiments to the space environment for extended periods ⓘ
to study long-term effects of space on electronic systems ⓘ
to study long-term effects of space on materials ⓘ
to study micrometeoroid and orbital debris impacts ⓘ
recoveredBy Space Shuttle robotic arm ⓘ
retrievalDate 1990-01-12 ⓘ
retrievalMission STS-32 ⓘ
retrievalVehicle Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
shape cylindrical ⓘ
stabilization spin-stabilized about its long axis ⓘ
status decommissioned ⓘ
mission completed ⓘ

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STS-41C → payload → Long Duration Exposure Facility ⓘ
STS-41-C → primaryPayload → Long Duration Exposure Facility ⓘ
subject linked to: 41C
STS-41-C → satelliteDeployed → Long Duration Exposure Facility ⓘ
subject linked to: 41C
STS-32 → primaryPayload → Long Duration Exposure Facility ⓘ
STS-32 → retrieved → Long Duration Exposure Facility ⓘ
STS-32 → missionObjective → Retrieve Long Duration Exposure Facility ⓘ
linked to: Long Duration Exposure Facility
STS-32 → recoveredPayload → Long Duration Exposure Facility ⓘ