Sensitivity of long-term orbital debris environment evolution to the deployment of nano-satellite swarms

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 51, Issue 1-9, 2002, Pages 439-449

  Walker, R ^a   Martin, C E ^a   Stokes, P H ^a   Klinkrad, H ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b ESA ESOC   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; ORBITS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACE RESEARCH;

LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO); NANO-SATELLITE INDUSTRY; NANOSATELLITES; SPACE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING; SWARMS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 3242717387     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00095-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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