Risks of particle hits during space walks in low earth orbit

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 134-146

  Paté Cornell, Elisabeth ^a   Sachon, Marc ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b International Graduate Business School   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACE PROBES; SPACE STATIONS;

EXTERNAL MANEUVERING UNIT; EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITIES; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION; LOW EARTH ORBIT; PROBABILISTIC RISK ANALYSIS; SPACE PARTICLES; SPACE SUIT; SPACE WALKS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0035029316     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7.913673     Document Type: Article

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