Hazards of hypervelocity impacts on spacecraft

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 106-114

  Lai, Shu T ^a   Murad, Edmond ^a   McNeil, William J ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Radex Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOR IMPACTS; PLASMA DENSITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE DEBRIS;

CORONAL MASS EJECTION CLOUDS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0036196143     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3788     Document Type: Article

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