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Air Force Research Laboratory Investigating Space Weather Effects on Satellite Materials
August 05, 2019
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Aug. 5 -- The Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate issued the following news:

By Donna Lindner

The Air Force Research Laboratory, in partnership with several universities, has investigated the effects of space weather damage to polyimides, materials used extensively in spacecraft construction due to their high heat resistance.

The researchers determined the previously unknown che . . .

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