Solid-rocket-motor contribution to large-particle orbital debris population

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 513-518

  Ojakangas, Gregory W ^a,d   Anderson, B Jeffrey ^b,d   Anz Meador, Phillip D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Viking Science and Technology Inc   (United States)

^d Department of Geology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAUNCHING; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; VELOCITY;

LAUNCH VEHICLES; ORBITAL DEBRIS POPULATION; SOLID ROCKET MOTOR; STATIC FIRING;

ROCKETS;

EID: 0030193809     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.26793     Document Type: Article

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