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The Austrian Space Forum, in cooperation with SPIRE Inc and FINDUS Venture Inc., is developing ADLER-1, a 3U cubesat to be flown in late 2021 to measure small space debris particles at ca 500 km altitude. Two instruments are implemented: Firstly, APID (Austrian Particle Impact Detector), a deployable piezoelectric detector array, able to measure particles in the range of down to ca 10 um. Given ESA's MASTER model and the instrument properties, we expect >100 impact events over the projected lifetime of at least 1 year. The detector will provide impact energy data.
Secondly, a continuous-wave radar shall measure both radar cross section and Doppler-derived velocity vectors for larger mm-sized particles. Both payloads are intended as in-orbit validation of the detection technique and shall contribute to complement the ESA MASTER-model with in-situ data sets.
