Orbital debris: A growing threat to space operations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1802, 2003, Pages 157-168

  Crowther, Richard ^a  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mitigation; Orbital environment; Risk; Space debris; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141992570     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1118     Document Type: Article

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