Collision activities in the future orbital debris environment

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2102-2106

  Liou, J C ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collisions; GEO; LEO; Orbital debris

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; ROCKETS; SPACE RESEARCH;

COLLISIONS ACTIVITIES; LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO); MEDIUM EARTH ORBIT (MEO); ORBITAL DEBRIS;

SPACE DEBRIS;

EID: 33750738867     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.06.021     Document Type: Article

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