Physical properties of orbital debris from spectroscopic observations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1021-1025

  Jorgensen, K ^a   Africano, J ^b   Hamada, K ^b   Stansbery, E ^a   Sydney, P ^b   Kervin, P ^c  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geosynchronous orbit; Low earth orbit; Space debris; Spectroscopic observations

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH (PLANET); MERCURY VAPOR LAMPS; ORBITS; PHOTONS; ROCKETS; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TELESCOPES;

GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBITS; LOW-EARTH ORBITS; ROCKET BODIES; SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS;

SPACE DEBRIS;

EID: 3242667846     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.02.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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