Orbital Debris : a Technical Assessment.

Orbital Debris : a Technical Assessment.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staff, National Research Council
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1900.
Subjects:
Space debris.
Space debris
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Table of Contents:
  • ORBITAL DEBRIS
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • CHARACTERISING THE DEBRIS ENVIRONMENT
  • HAZARD TO SPACE OPERATIONS FROM DEBRIS
  • DESIGNING FOR THE DEBRIS ENVIRONMENT
  • REDUCING THE FUTURE DEBRIS HAZARD
  • Introduction
  • BACKGROUND REFERENCES
  • 1 Space Operations and the Space Environment
  • SPACE OPERATIONS
  • TYPES OF ORBITAL DEBRIS
  • Nonfunctionally Spacecraft
  • Rocket Bodies
  • Mission-Related Debris
  • Fragmentation Debris
  • PERTURBATION FORCES AFFECTING SPACE OBJECTS
  • FINDING
  • REFERENCES
  • 2 Methods for CharacterizationTRACKING AND CATALOGING ORBITAL DEBRIS
  • Current Capabilities
  • Improving Tracking and Cataloging Capabilities
  • SAMPLING ORBITAL DEBRIS
  • Remote Sampling from Earth
  • Optical Sensors
  • Radar Sampling
  • Remote Sampling from Orbit
  • Impact Sampling
  • Passive Measurements
  • Active Measurements
  • Extending the Range of In Situ Detectors
  • STRATEGIES TO MEASURE THE DEBRIS ENVIRONMENT
  • MODELING ORBITAL DEBRIS
  • Population Characterization Models
  • Models of the Future Debris Population
  • Traffic Modeling
  • Breakup ModelsPropagation Models
  • FINDINGS
  • REFRENCES
  • 3 Debris Population Distribution
  • LARGE DEBRIS
  • MEDIUM-SIZED DERBIS
  • SMALL DEBRIS
  • FINDINGS
  • REFERENCES
  • 4 Hazards to Space Operations from Debris
  • CHANCE OF DEBRIS IMPACT
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • High Earth Orbits
  • EFFECTS OF DEBRIS IMPACT
  • Impact Conditions
  • Breakups Due to Debris Impact
  • Structural and Component Damage Caused by the Impact of Debris
  • Surface Degradation Caused by the Impact of Debris
  • FINDINGS
  • REFERENCES
  • 5 Tools for Damage Assessment and PredictionGROUND-BASED HYPERVELOCITY TESTING
  • Hypervelocity Test Capabilities
  • Sharing Hypervelocity Impact Information
  • ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF DEBRIS IMPACTS
  • LIMITATIONS IN DAMAGE Assessment AND PREDICTION CAPABILITIES
  • FINDINGS
  • REFERENCES
  • 6 Designing for the Debris Environment
  • DETERMINING THE HAZARD FROM DEBRIS
  • DAMAGE PROTECTION TECHNIQUES
  • Passive Protection
  • Active Protection
  • Operational Protection
  • FINDINGS
  • REFERENCES
  • 7 Techniques to Reduce the Future Debris Hazard
  • MINIMIZING THE REALEASE OF MISSION-RELATED OBJECTSSAFEGUARDING THE PHYSICAL INTEGRITY OF ROCKET BODIES AND SPACECRAFT
  • Reducing the Creation of Debris from Explosions
  • Passivation of Spacecraft
  • Passivation of Rocket Bodies
  • Reducing the Creation of Debris from Degradation
  • REDUCING THE CREATION OF DEBRIS FROM COLLISIONS
  • Deorbiting/Lifetime Reduction
  • Disposal Orbits
  • Active In-Orbit Debris Removal
  • FINDINGS
  • REFERENCES
  • 8 The Future Orbital Population and the Effectiveness Of Debris ReductionMeasures
  • THE FUTURE ORBITAL POPULATION

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