LDEF (Prelaunch), S0010 : Exposure of Spacecraft Coatings, Tray B09

The prelaunch photograph was taken in SAEF II at KSC prior to installation of the integrated tray on the LDEF and shows the locations of two (2) LDEF experiments integrated into a six (6) inch deep LDEF peripheral tray. The Exposure of Spacecraft Coatings Experiment (ESC) consist of two parts, one set of test specimen (49-2cm specimen and 12-4cm specimen) located in the upper right-half of the tray center section and the second set of test specimen (98-2cm specimen and 12-4cm specimen) in an Experiment Exposure Control Canister (EECC) located in the right section of the experiment tray. Both sets of specimen are mounted in aluminum base plates and are partially masked by a thin aluminum cover plate with circular openings. The cover plates and the support structure are assembled with non-magnetic fasteners. The EECC is in the closed position and specimen contained within cannot be seen. The visible parts of the canister consist of the larger anodized aluminum thermal cover attached to the canister body and sun shield attached to the canister drawer faceplate. The silver squares on the lower corners of the canister sun shield are pads of tape installed prior to launch.
NASA Identifier: L84-7027 KSC-384C-59.01