Download or read book Design of a Representative Leo Satellite and Hypervelocity Impact Test to Improve the Nasa Standard Breakup Model written by Sheldon Colby Clark and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the resulting debris field was tracked by the SSN and compared with the results of the breakup model, a noticeable discrepancy appeared. While the Standard Breakup Model successfully predicted the population of the Kosmos debris field, it did not successfully predict the population of the Iridium-33 debris field. This discrepancy was attributed to the fact that the satellite used in the primary hypervelocity impact test, SOCIT, was an obsolete 1960\U+2019\s satellite with outdated materials, components, and construction methods. Therefore, it was determined that the Standard Breakup Model should be updated to better predict the debris field of modern satellites and that a new ground based hypervelocity impact test needed to be conducted. This thesis addresses specific design considerations for a representative satellite currently being designed to improve the Standard Breakup Model and presents hypothetical hypervelocity impact test considerations that could be used to simulate an onorbit fragmentation.