Removal of small space debris with orbiting lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3343, Issue , 1998, Pages 564-574

  Schall, Wolfgang O ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

High power laser; Laser ablation; Mitigation of orbital debris; Orbital debris

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ALUMINA; DC GENERATORS; EARTH (PLANET); HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; ORBITS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPACE STATIONS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AVERAGE POWER; HIGH POWER LASER; HIGH-POWER LASER BEAMS; HIGH-POWER LASER RADIATIONS; IMPULSE VECTORS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; LASER RANGES; LASER TRANSMISSIONS; LOW-EARTH ORBITS; MITIGATION OF ORBITAL DEBRIS; OBJECT TRAJECTORIES; ORBITAL DEBRIS; ORBITAL ENERGIES; ORBITAL PLANES; SIZE RANGES; SPACE ASSETS; SPACE-BASED;

SPACE DEBRIS;

EID: 33748321262     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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