NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1995-048C
WSF 2, also known as Wake Shield Facility 2, was an American spacecraft that was released from STS 69. The wake region behind the disk-shaped, 1,935-kg spacecraft would have been even more vacuous than the ambient region and could have enabled growth of slimmer thin-film semiconductors through molecular beam epitaxy technique during a planned two-day mission. The experiment had to be terminated and the spacecraft retrieved sooner than was planned because of overheating problems. The results of the experiment were unavailable.
Launch Date: 1995-09-11
Launch Vehicle: Shuttle
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States
Mass: 1935 kg
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