Interactions between space systems and the orbital environment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2813, Issue , 1996, Pages 197-204

  Crowther, Richard ^a   Marsh, Vivienne ^a   Stokes, Hedley ^a   Walker, Roger ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS;

ANALYTIC TOOLS; DEBRIS HAZARDS; MITIGATION MEASURES; ORBITAL ENVIRONMENTS; SPACE SYSTEM;

SPACE DEBRIS;

EID: 0347397050     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.256063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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2. McKnight et al., "Refined Algorithms for Structural Breakup Due To Hypervelocity Impact", Hypervelocity Impact Symposium, Sante Fe, NM, Oct. 16-20, 1994.
3. Walker, R, Hauptmann, S., Crowther, R., Stokes, H., Cant, A."Introducing IDES: Characterising the Orbital Debris Environment in the Past, Present and Future. AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Austin, Texas, 12-15 February 1996.