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MMAS [1 record]

Record 1 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
DEF

[A surface] located on the upper bus between the solar arrays [of a satellite] and [that] may catch and reflect light under some illumination angles.

CONT

Another possible source of flares(or clints) off the Iridium spacevehicle might be off two other surfaces of the spacevehicle that are coated with flexible optical solar reflector like the MMAs... One equipment panel underneath the MMAs, it has about the same dimension as the MMS(86 x 188 cm) but is pretty well shielded by the MMAs as viewed from the ground. The other is the Battery Radiator Assembly(called the BRA by the Lockheed gang who designed it).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
DEF

Surface située sur la partie supérieure de la plate-forme, entre les panneaux solaires d'un satellite, et qui peut parfois capter et refléter de la lumière tout dépendant de l'angle d'éclairage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones orbitales
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