Scientists have patented a way to protect satellites from meteoroids
Specialists of the Research Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics and employees of the rocket and space industry enterprise Lavochkin Research and Production Association have received a joint patent for a new method of protecting satellites. The method developed by TSU scientists was used in the manufacture of protective structures of the space observatory Spectrum-UV, which will be put into orbit in 2021.
- Small fragments of space debris and meteoroid particles coming from deep space are one of the main dangers faced by satellites in orbit. The method that we patented was developed specifically to ensure the safety of the body of the space telescope's at the request of Lavochkin Association, one of its main developers, - says Aleksandr Gerasimov, head of the Deformable Solids Mechanics Department at the Research Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, TSU.
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