LDEF (Prelaunch), AO015 : Free-Flyer Biostack Experiment, Tray G02

LDEF (Prelaunch), AO015 : Free-Flyer Biostack Experiment, Tray G02 The prelaunch photograph shows the Bio stack experiment containers mounted on a baseplate and installed in a six (6) inch deep LDEF end corner experiment tray. Non-magnetic stainless steel fasteners were used in all mechanical joint assemblies. The Biostack experiment consist of twenty (20) detector units in hermetically sealed aluminum housings mounted on aluminum baseplates. Eight (8) detector units are mounted on a baseplate and installed in a six (6) inch peripheral tray adjacent to the LDEF trailing edge and twelve (12) detector units mounted on a baseplate are located in the tray shown and will be installed on the earth facing end of the LDEF. The experiment housings and the mounting plate have a thin chro mic anodize surface coating to meet thermal requirements. Two (2) housings have windows cov ered with Kapton H foil that provides a light filter with low radiation absorption. Two (2) additional housings have windows covered with Kapton H foil but also have perforated aluminum domes to limit incoming earth albedo.

NASA Identifier: L84-7011 KSC-384C-14.09