Shape of space debris as estimated from radar cross section variations

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 665-670

  Sato, Torn ^a,c   Wakayama, Toshio ^a,c   Tanakat, Takeshi ^a,c   Ikeda, Ken Ichiro ^b,c   Kimura, Iwane ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Department of Electrical Engineering II ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADAR; RADAR CROSS SECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AXIAL RATIO; IMPACT ESTIMATION; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY PHASED ARRAY RADAR;

SPACE DEBRIS;

EID: 0028461764     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.26493     Document Type: Article

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