Short-Term Debris Risk to Large Satellite Constellations

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 291-295

  Swinerd, Graham G ^a   Barrows, Simon P ^b   Crowther, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Smiths Group plc   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PROBABILITY; SPACE DEBRIS;

SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SPACE DEBRIS SIMULATION (SDS);

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033097501     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4377     Document Type: Article

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