Direct simulation of space debris evolution

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 114-123

  Wang, Liqun ^a,b   Stark, John P W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE DEBRIS;

COLLISION PROBABILITY MODEL; DEBRIS COLLISION; DEBRIS PARTICLE DEORBIT AERODYNAMIC DRAG MODEL; PARTICLE KINETIC THEORY; SPACE DEBRIS EVOLUTION;

SPACE SHUTTLES;

EID: 0032735809     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3423     Document Type: Article

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