Long Duration Exposure Facility photograph

Long Duration Exposure Facility

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Periods 1. 6 hours
Inclination28. 5°
Launch dateApril 6, 1984
Cost14 million USD
Manufacturers NASA Langley Research Center
Orbits completed32,422
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Date of Upd.
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About Long Duration Exposure Facility


NASA's Long Duration Exposure Facility, or LDEF, was a school bus-sized cylindrical facility designed to provide long-term experimental data on the outer space environment and its effects on space systems, materials, operations and selected spores' survival.

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