Instability of the present LEO satellite populations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1046-1053

  Liou, J C ^a   Johnson, N L ^b  

^a ESCG/ERC   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Orbital debris; Population growth

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; LAUNCHING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NASA; ORBITS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SPACE DEBRIS;

LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO); ORBITAL DEBRIS; POPULATION GROWTH;

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES;

EID: 39749105898     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.081     Document Type: Article

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