Orbital debris environment for spacecraft in low earth orbit

Orbital Debris Conference: Technical Issues and Future Directions, 1990

Volumn , Issue , 1990, Pages

  Kessler, Donald J ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; DEBRIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENT MODELING; LOW EARTH ORBITS; MODEL RESULTS; ORBITAL DEBRIS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPACE ACTIVITIES;

ORBITS;

EID: 84997724676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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